I picked up a DOS CD-ROM full of 25 classic games at a thrift store for $2, I'm trying to run it in DOSBox but I can't get further than the DIR command. When I type in DIR I get the "." And ".." directories but nothing else. I know there should be a directory that would allow me to run the game. And yes, I have the correct drive mounted.
Pic related, the instruction manual.
Pic related is as far as I get.
>>3097194
What does the directory look like outside of dosbox on your host?
What's in the directory?
Open it up via Windows so we can see what files are in there...
you need to mount the game directory to get it to work
command line should look like this
mount *directory path here* c:
then type c: and press enter
Alternatively, just drag and drop the game or installation executable on top of the Dosbox icon and it should mount automatically for you.
>>3097194
Did you try the second bullet point?
>>3097220
I have a folder saved as "25 Games" on my C: drive, I copied and pasted the D: drive into the folder and it created a shortcut. I'm not sure if that is what you were asking or not.
>>3097212
Maybe get a directory of the CD?
>>3097212
>C:\>dir
Wouldn't that be your dosbox "harddrive"?
I think you need to change to your D: drive.
>>3097231
>Alternatively, just drag and drop the game or installation executable on top of the Dosbox icon and it should mount automatically for you.
This worked. Thanks a bunch.
Well, it almost worked except I get the error at bottom whenever I try to launch a game. I don't know how to delete a file in DOSBox.
>>3097278
Try to copy everything in the cd to your hd, go into file properties and disable read only mode?
>>3097284
This worked, thanks.
>>3097241
>Wouldn't that be your dosbox "harddrive"?
>I think you need to change to your D: drive.
This here. You mounted the game as D:, then did the DIR command on C:, what were you expecting?
>>3098258
I don't know shit about DOS or DOSBox m8.
>>3098295
Post a list of the games!
>>3097278
that image gets trippy when i scrolled the browser
>>3097194
>Cellphone image
>3K x 2K
Fuck it must be summerfags.
>>3097234
He didn't even do the first.
Seriously, the intructions are right there in the OP picture. Literally RTFM, OP.
I'll be nice and point out that the 'xcopy' command won't work in Dosbox, though. Just substitute that with a regular 'copy'. No excuse for any other problems considering you had the instructions before you posted the thread.
