Windows – Can’t install Windows 98 SE in virtualbox – SUWIN caused a General Protection Fault in module

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I get this error when installing Windows 98 Second Edition on virtualbox. my host is Mac OsX.
install error

the guest settings are the following:

Base memory: 64 MB
Boot Order: Floppy, Optical, Hard Disk
Acceleration: VT-x/AMD-V, Nested Paging
Video Memory: 10 MB

Why I am getting that error and how can I bypass it?

EDIT:

Also get these errors when i click on close: 

W98SETUP caused a General Protection Fault in module GDI.EXE at 0001:0246

W98SETUP caused a General Protection Fault in module USER.EXE at 0001:40B6

Standart Mode: Bad Fault in MS-DOS Extender.
Fault: 000D Stack Dump: 000 000 0070
Raw fault frame: EC=000 IP=5EF7 CS=0367 FL=3087 SP=FFEE SS=02C7

Best Answer

I'm guessing this is a bug in VirtualBox 5.0. I haven't reported it yet I'll get around to it but for the time being I downgraded to version 4.3.28, and the old Windows boots fine.

Update: This should be fixed by VirtualBox 5.0.22, although I haven't tested yet.

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