Getting Started:

1A. configuring your virtual hard drive

   * Examine the bochsrc file for examples of configuring a virtual hard
     drive. Try using one of the sample configurations. For example, you
     want to create a 112 M drive. The configuration would be: cylinders=900
     heads=15 and sectors per track=17.
   * Configure your bochsrc file to use the new hard drive. Add an entry to
     the file that reflects your virtual file name and location, and
     cylinders, heads, and sectors per track.  When BOCHS2 is executed, it
     will create the disk.
   * Set the floppya configuration to direct access in the bochsrc file (if
     changed).
   * Put a bootable DOS floppy in the floppy drive.
   * Start up BOCHS2.
   * After DOS has started, run FDISK to configure your partitions.
   * Exit FDISK, which will want to "restart your system".
   * Restart BOCHS2.
   * Run FORMAT C: to make the partition usable.

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1B. configuring your zip or secondary hard drive drive for direct access

   * Configure your bochsrc file to use the zip or hard drive. Add an entry
     to the file that reflects the drive number, but ignore the cylinders,
     heads, and sectors per track values.  For Example:  #diskc: file=2:,
     cyl=0, heads=0, spt=0 would indicate the second drive unit, in my case,
     a zip drive.
   * If you need to reconfigure your hard drive...
   * Set the floppya configuration to direct access in the bochsrc file (if
     changed).
   * Put a bootable DOS floppy in the floppy drive.
   * Start up BOCHS2.
   * After DOS has started, run FDISK to configure your partitions.
   * Exit FDISK, which will want to "restart your system".
   * Restart BOCHS2.
   * Run FORMAT C: to make the partition usable.

2A. installing Windows 9x from backup floppies

   * Put a copy of pkunzip.exe onto a floppy
   * Insert your Windows 9x CD
   * Use zip.exe to backup the Windows 9x installation directory onto
     floppies.
   * Start up BOCHS2 with your DOS floppy in the floppy drive.
   * After DOS has started, press the A: icon in the upper left hand corner.
   * Remove the DOS floppy, and insert the floppy with pkunzip.exe
   * Press the A: icon in the upper left hand
   * Change current drive to C:
   * Make an install directory
   * Change to the install directory
   * Copy a:pkunzip.exe
   * Press the A: icon in the upper left hand
   * Put the last zipped floppy into the floppy drive
   * Press the A: icon in the upper left hand
   * Start unzipping....
   * After unzip is complete, start your Windows 9x installtion using "setup
     /C"
   * Please, please, please read the documentation in docs-html directory
     about installing Windows 9x - start with BOCHS.HTML.

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2B. installing Windows 9x using MTOOLS

   * Download MTOOLS for OS/2
   * create your virtual image as described above
   * add the following line into the mtools.conf:  drive  h:
     file="bochs_hd_drive:/bochs_hd_path/harddrive.img" partition=1
   * set MTOOLSRC=mtools_drive:/mtools_path/mtools.conf
   * change directory to mtools_path
   * change to cd rom drive
   * change directory to win95
   * mtools_drive:mmd h:/install
   * for %a in (*.*) do mcopy %a h:/install
   * Start up BOCHS2 with your DOS floppy in the floppy drive.
   * Start your Windows 9x installtion using "setup /C"
   * Please, please, please read the documentation in docs-html directory
     about installing Windows 9x - start with BOCHS.HTML.

3. Prepare to be amazed to see Windows 9x running in a virtual session on
your OS/2 machine!

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OS/2 Specific parameters in the "bochsrc" file:

 Parameter                Description              Possible Values
                          Device or file that the  file=prn, file=lpt1,
 lpt1                     virtual printer is to    file=lpt2, file=lpt3, or
                          write to.                file=filename
                          Method of display,
 videmode                 direct to screen,        direct, emulated, or
                          emulated, or text mode   text

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Runtime requirements:

 Display                  IBM Runtime Required     GCC Runtime Required

 Presentation Manager     XFree86 support          EMX 0.9D
                          (provided)

 DIVE                     XFree86 support          EMX 0.9D
                          (provided)

 Fullscreen               XFree86 support          EMX 0.9D
                          (provided)

 X Windows                N/A                      EMX 0.9D and XFree86/2
                                                   3.3.1
 MTOOLS                   N/A                      EMX 0.9D

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Launch and Configuration Utility:

Bochs Launch and Configuration Utility