Crazy Question About Windows 98, VMs, and Printers

[OJTheAviator]

So I figured I'd ask here to see if people here had any ideas, does anyone know of a way to

A: Print from a Windows 98 Virtualbox VM to a network printer through my Windows 10 host machine?

B: Transfer files between my 98 VM and Windows 10 host? (I can mount ISOs and get files to the VM that way, I just can't figure out how to go the other direction. The VirtualBox sharing software does not seem work on DOS-based versions of windows, and although I can pass through USB devices, all my thumb drives don't have drivers for 98 available.)

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

[LtStaffel]

Two things

1) Your title says 95, post says 98

2) What are you trying to do with 98? lol

[Crunchy Dragon]

There are ways to use a virtual Ethernet connection between host and VM to share files.

 

This tutorial for VirtualBox uses Linux, I'll link a Windows tutorial once I find one: https://2buntu.com/articles/1513/accessing-your-virtualbox-guest-from-your-host-os/

 

This one is for Windows on VMWare:

EDIT: here's your Windows tutorial, also using VirtualBox: https://serverfault.com/questions/225155/virtualbox-how-to-set-up-networking-so-both-host-and-guest-can-access-internet

 

[OJTheAviator]

1 hour ago, LtStaffel said:

1) Your title says 95, post says 98

1

Thanks for that, I must be more tired than I thought, I meant Windows 98.
 

1 hour ago, LtStaffel said:

2) What are you trying to do with 98? lol

 

Great question! I'm mostly just messing around and having fun with the old OS, more specifically; playing old DOS games and attempting to print the ford window sticker from "Ford Simulator".

 

1 hour ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

There are ways to use a virtual Ethernet connection between host and VM to share files.

 

This tutorial for VirtualBox uses Linux, I'll link a Windows tutorial once I find one: https://2buntu.com/articles/1513/accessing-your-virtualbox-guest-from-your-host-os/

 

This one is for Windows on VMWare:

EDIT: here's your Windows tutorial, also using VirtualBox: https://serverfault.com/questions/225155/virtualbox-how-to-set-up-networking-so-both-host-and-guest-can-access-internet

Thanks! I do have internet access using the bridged adapter settings, I'll try these tutorials!