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PostPosted: Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:57 pm    Post subject: Dosbox setup help *SOLVED* Reply with quote

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!

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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

How to run:
Code:
$ cd /home/user/Downloads/MyGame1
$ dosbox -conf dosbox_single.conf
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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?

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I do not have a REAL cdrom onboard, but, according to man 1 dosbox, the MOUNT command accepts a few more flags:
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              -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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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, this is quite helpful, and informative! I really appreciate it!

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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