Run Windows 98 in a Docker Container!

[@fred3000]

Very cool!

[@BlaizeTech]

It was fun to build!

[@Mohamed-ue8jh]

is it possible to run windows 11 container inside a windows 11 pc ? If its possible make a comparison video with (vmware/proxmox vs windows 11 os container). I want to know which will perform better

[@BlaizeTech]

It may be possible to run Windows 11 in a container, but I would not recommend it for anything other than just experimentation. It's likely to be pretty buggy. Windows containers for Windows apps should be just fine. VMWare/ProxMox are for VMs, so these can run Windows 11 just fine. VMs and containers thought are two different things. The bottom line: use VMs, not containers to run OSs

[@Mohamed-ue8jh]

Thanks man. windows 11 containers use the same kernel of the host os that's why i thought it'll be faster than vm

[@Mohamed-ue8jh]

Windows Sandbox is built based on Windows Container technology how its work so fast

[@BlaizeTech]

​@@Mohamed-ue8jh Windows Containers might share the kernel, but the overhead that a windows container brings makes them fairly unwieldy. You're not gaining much if anything at all. VM in my experience have been a much better option for Windows.

[@BlaizeTech]

Sandbox is an interesting concept. It's more akin to a VDI environment than a container environment, so it's got a slightly different use case in mind.

[@rodrigocastro2005]

Great tutorial. Thank you. When running the instance as shown here, the container will close and lose all data whenever I close the terminal window with the docker run command I got all started with. I have portainer on OMV. Is there a way to have these sessions to persist?

[@BlaizeTech]

Use PowerShell. It persists the command for Docker

[@lantredujeu594]

Do you have a way to use docker compose ?

[@BlaizeTech]

Any generic compose template should work. It runs over a web server: version: '3' services: web_server: image: windows98:latest ports: - "80:80"

[@lantredujeu594]

@@BlaizeTechThanks ! But I asked for box86 ^^ I'd tried QEmu but it's not what I need. Wanna create VMs with docker to access them from my web navigator. If you have some answer for me, with compose, I take. :)

[@BlaizeTech]

@@lantredujeu594 If you can get the container to work without compose, adding compose to the mix should be pretty simple. You just need a service like the one I created. Windows 98 shouldn't need Qemu to run.

[@lantredujeu594]

@@BlaizeTech Thanks for your answers and your time ! :) My project is to run 3 specific app (games : ultrastar, stepmania and clonehero (Windows only) on windows XP, and maybe a Batocera Linux) to play everywhere with a web navigator. all file are on the same server. So i'm looking for a look-a-like VM for docker with compose to be able adding all volumes I need, and start when I need. Thank about replace explorer.exe by stepmania.exe for exemple to optimize. So If you know something, or got an idea... ^^

[@demianschultz3749]

Is there a place to download that container?, thanks for the very instructive video

[@BlaizeTech]

No, because that would probably go against the licensing for Windows to do that.

[@Blu-ray]

Hey, when I create the container and sign into VNC at port 8090 there is a black box with no options, eventually it will kick me back to VNC login

[@BlaizeTech]

Not sure why it would do that, unless 86box is not install correctly.

[@Blu-ray]

@@BlaizeTech I couldn't figure it out either, my best guess was a rendering issue. I've decided to just use Virtual Machine Manager since I'm running it on a Synology NAS.