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todd93 l33t
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 622 Location: Missouri
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:57 pm Post subject: Dosbox setup help *SOLVED* |
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Hi, all, I emerged Dosbox, however, I start it, and am unable to get it to mount anything. I have been following online tutorials, but when I try to mount c anything, it tells me that it doesn't exist. I know I have to be missing a step here, but I'm unable to find it. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
Todd
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spica Guru
Joined: 04 Jun 2021 Posts: 329
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:35 am Post subject: |
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One potential concern is that DOS may encounter difficulties handling long filenames.
It would be beneficial to examine your approach to mounting and understand the specifics of what you are attempting.
By the way, here's a more streamlined example illustrating how to execute a game, incorporating the mounting of both the game directory and ISO image:
Code: | /home/user/Downloads/MyGame1
├── game1
│ ├── cd
│ │ └── game1.iso
│ ├── GAME.EXE
└── dosbox_single.conf |
dosbox_single.conf: Code: | [autoexec]
mount C "."
imgmount D game1/cd/game1.iso -t iso
c:
cd game1
GAME.EXE
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How to run:
Code: | $ cd /home/user/Downloads/MyGame1
$ dosbox -conf dosbox_single.conf |
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todd93 l33t
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 622 Location: Missouri
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:10 am Post subject: |
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I appreciate your response! I finally figured out what I was doing wrong... It took some intense searching, as everything I was finding was for Windows installations... I now have successfully mounted a c and have installed blood. Another problem I'm having is I'm not able to mount a cdrom drive. I've tried everything for it to see the cdrom drive, but it's just not seeing it. In order to install Blood, I had to copy the cds to the hard drive... Surely there's a way?
Thanks
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spica Guru
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:08 am Post subject: |
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I do not have a REAL cdrom onboard, but, according to man 1 dosbox, the MOUNT command accepts a few more flags:
Code: | -usecd number
Forces to use SDL cdrom support for drive number. Number can be found by
-cd.
-cd Displays all detected cdrom drives and their numbers. Use with -usecd.
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todd93 l33t
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:10 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, this is quite helpful, and informative! I really appreciate it!
Todd |
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todd93 l33t
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:53 am Post subject: |
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Need to mark this one as solved... It was mostly a case of user error, and learning how dosbox works. Thanks for the help! |
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