sony dvd writer and win98 SE. Does it work?

I just bought a 16x-Dual layer- Sony Dvd writer, my OS is win 98 SE. Upon installing it, win 98 said incompatiple secondary drive, and the people from the store told me I need win XP in order for it to work. (I have DVD rom set as master, CD writer secondary. I replaced CD writer with DVD writer). I just wanna know if win 98 supports this type of writer. If so, information on installing the DVD RW is much appreciated. Thanx for your help.

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