win98 dos application behaves differently on linux host than on windows host

[bobloblian]

Hi, I did all my research and successfully migrated a win98 computer to virtualbox on my Linux host
Once I had it working, I went and purchased a windows8 computer, installed virtualbox and copied the virtualmachine files to the new computer
The virtual machine on the new computer works fine, I can find no significant issues except for one
There is a dos program that cannot be replaced, the whole reason for keeping this 98 machine alive
This app seems to work fine until I close it, at which time it gives me an error:

the program encountered a general protection exception
Fault Location 4797:0E7C
Interrupts in service: None

I am not able to replicate this error on the Linux machine.

In my investigation I have read that the vbe9x driver can cause issues with DOS apps, but I have read nothing that indicates that should be influenced by a change from one host to another.
I have tried a number of different settings in the vm itself, and not found anything that changes the situation.
I also tried making sure that the version of virtualbox was the same on the windows host as the Linux host, but no joy there.
I have done considerable research into resolving this issue from within the win98 guest and not achieved any success there either.
I did post on the forums and was directed here
My expectations were that if it worked on one host it should work on all hosts. I am not sure if it is my expectation that is broken, or something else.

[bobloblian]

The new machine running windows 8 is an HP pavilion 500(0) series
I booted it to ubuntu from a usb stick and installed virtualbox, then opened the virtual machine the same way. The error is replicated. So seems the difference is in the hardware, not the software...

[aeichner]

Please reopen if still relevant with a recent VirtualBox release.