This article is a deep dive into obtaining, creating, optimizing, and troubleshooting windows 98 qcow2 images. Whether you are looking to replay StarCraft , run a legacy CNC machine, or simply experience the "Active Desktop" again, this guide is for you.

# Mount a foreign qcow2 without giving it network or clipboard access qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 windows98_prebuilt.qcow2 mkdir /mnt/win98 mount /dev/nbd0p1 /mnt/win98 # Copy the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\*.VXD files you need