Another thing about 9x and the D Latitude series in general...
I checked specifications of the D family to find that 9x support (despite being non existent because Dell wanted to avoid 9x) is hit and miss depending on which model you obtain! Unless someone's a genius and knows how to hack Intel GMA 900 to run on 9x, that's probably the biggest bane of 98/ME working on those certain models.
I'm hoping this will help anyone who happens to find this topic as well, so they don't go through all the time consuming work I did when I originally wanted 9x on my D600
Compatible Latitude D Models (Anything unlisted here has a incompatibility with one or more of the following: Chipset, Video/Graphics, Audio)
D400 -Intel 855PM Chipset, Intel UMA integrated (Intel(R) Extreme Graphics 2 driver), Broadcom 5705M Gigabit Integrated Controller, Dell 1450 miniPCI Wireless Card (Broadcom BCM4306 802.11 a/b/g Wireless Card), AC'97 (Soft Audio)
D410 - Intel 915GM Chipset
D500 - Intel 855GM Chipset
D505 - Intel 855GME Chipset
D600 -
*D610 - Intel 915PM Chipset model only! ATI Mobility Radeon X300! Broadcom 57xx Gigabit Controller, Intel PRO 2200 (802.11b/g) or Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG or Dell 1370, SigmaTel C-Major STAC 9751 (AC97) (Same audio as the Dell 600 I believe!)
D800 - Intel 855PM, nVidia GeForce4 440 Go, SIGMATEL STAC 9750 (The driver used on the D600 and D610 may or may not work!)
D810 - Intel 915PM, Nvidia FX1400 Models require the unofficial video card, other models come with ATI discrete X300 video card (supported on 98!), Sigmatel STAC 975X (The same audio driver for the D600 probably works), wireless can be a Dell Wireless Card 1350/1450/1370/1470 (A.K.A Broadcom) or Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG, same ethernet as D600!
Do your own research if you plan on installing 9x on any of these models as well! 9x will be difficult to install for the novice! Many instructions of the D600 apply to these models! (Making DOS work before modifying the resources, Resource Conflicts which prevent the CD/DVD drive from being seen!)
Okay, now I must figure out how to setup audio in DOS. This is gonna be fun 😀
EDIT: Rediscovered the long dead VDMSound, 9x edition!
I had to obtain the VCREDIST.EXE from this link since the two on the post were dead; https://web-beta.archive.org/web/200301210247 … nd/vcredist.exe
Instructions to install are here: Win9x + VDMSound **ALPHA**