Dosbox cdrom setup

Although DOSBox runs great out of the box, there are a few easy tweaks that make it an even better experience on modern computers. Initial Installation First comes the easy part. Download DOSBox from their website. You can automagically configure DOSBox with common commands using the [autoexec] section of dosbox.

Thanks so much for your help! When you mounted the C drive, did you also add that -t cdrom to it too? If so, you only need one CD drive and one regular drive to be mounted. That might correct the problem. I have just recently acquired dosbox version. I have followed instructions and have successfully installed it.

Any suggestions? Once again, i will clarify; i am having trouble opening this game warcraft2 from a shortcut-icon which would allow me to open dos box and load the game with a simple double click of an icon that i created and placed on my desktop. The game is opening normally but acting as if there is no cd-rom inserted and not allowing me to continue into gameplay when infact the warcraft2 cd is in the drive!

It is also possible to modify how Dosbox starts up by working with the config files so that certain commands pointed at certain destinations are set up for you on startup. Setting up a file to get Dosbox to execute commands automatically might be something I can look into a future guide, but as of right now, future guides are quite far down the road. I personally just manually type in the commands on start each time in part so I can memorize the basic commands.

My understanding is that frontends are supposed to add a more user-friendly interface to Dosbox. Would someone with programming skills please make a point and click version without these damn config files and dos prompts…. Then changed to D: and typed setup. The game installed right from the folder. For that, try following this guide. Any help appreciated, thanks. In the setup menu press save and exit. For warcraft II, I found that it is not necessary to mount the cdrom.

So type in:. That's it! You can find instructions on how to use the Change Directory command, in the CD section of the Commands article. One more step, running the game! Most games have an EXE file in their directory that you can run. Most of the time, the file is in the root folder.

Please consult the documentation of your game for which file is needed to start the game. So now, I just type this:. The steps described above are closely aligned with how DOS Based operating systems behave natively. However modern operating system allow for more user friendly although less authentic ways of playing your favorite games.

If the steps above seem tedious or confusing you can try some of these other guides. In most cases these guides will still require you to setup a working DOSBox environment.

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