MSCDEX: Mounted subdirectory: limited support.ĭrive D is mounted as CDRom /media/TIECD/Ī Blast from the Past: My New Computer (circa 1999) Now, when I want to start the game, here are the commands I type into Dosbox (the text in bold is what I actually type):ĭrive C is mounted as local directory /home/gary/dosprogs/
Dosbox mount cdrom install#
Once I did that, I was able to install the game with no problem, and I've now played the first two missions. The right way to mount the CD drive in order for "Tie Fighter" to work is mount d /media/TIECD -t cdrom. The easy way to mount the CD drive in Dosbox under Linux is mount d /media/TIECD.
Turns out that it was a problem how the CD-ROM was mounted. I'm running Dosbox on Ubuntu Linux 12.04. I'd get the message "You cannot select this install option while running the install program from the hard drive." Well, that's helpful. Unfortunately, every time I tried to install it, it wouldn't work. There's another game that I also wanted to get running. My last post on playing games on Dosbox talked about getting the joystick working. Note that the various install buttons are no longer blacked out. This is the install screen that showed after properly mounting the CD-ROM. These are the commands I used to properly mount the CD-ROM so that the game would both install and run. I still clicked on the "Maximum Install", and this is what appeared. This HULK.BAT can then be run directly in DOSBox to start the game ex.: E:\> HULK.Dosbox: Playing "Tie Fighter" This is how the buttons appeared (blacked out) when I first tried to install the game on Dosbox under Linux. C:\path\to\the\game\HULK.BAT) with the following code:Įx. a second HULK.BAT file at the root of C:\path\to\the\game (so ex. If you wish to make things a little easier (so you don't need to navigate to HULK\HRD_DIR and run HULK.BAT manually), you can make e.g. You can now use HULK.BAT in this directory ( HULK\HRD_DIR) to start the game.
HULK.BAT (modified) main sb E E 220 7 1 -1 D) to whatever drive letter you assigned to the game files in DOSBox in Step 2 (e.g. Main refers to the MAIN.EXE file in the same folder and the rest of the items after it are options for when it is run:Ĭhange the second option (i.e the CD-ROM drive letter ex. It should look something like the following: C:\path\to\the\game\HULK\HRD_DIR and open HULK.BAT with a text editor (e.g. Use the down arrow key to select Continue and press Enter twice to write a HULK.BAT file to disk. Use the up and down arrow keys to select a sound device (the plain SoundBlaster device should work without issue, though you can try others if you like).įinally, press Enter to be taken back to the main options screen (from Step 5, above). Use the down arrow key to select the Sound FX option (this defaults to No sound) and press Enter again to continue to the Sound FX options screen. In the main the installation menu, pick your preferred language and press Enter to continue to the next screen. mount e "C:\path\to\the\game" in DOSBox (or have added it to your DOSBox configuration file and restarted DOSBox), navigate to to the HULK\HRD_DIR directory in the main DOSBox window and run INSTALL.EXE: The DOSBox configuration file can usually be found under C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\DOSBox.Īssuming you have run ex. MOUNT C C:\some\path\DOSGames -freesize 1024 # Lines in this section will be run at startup. To avoid having to run this command every time you start DOSBox, you can add it to your DOSBox configuration file under the section e.g.: In this case, e is the DOSBox virtual drive letter you wish to access these files with (you can pick any letter already not in use/mounted, often E: through Y:). In DOSBox, run the mount command with the path to the copied files e.g.: everything in your screenshot) to somewhere acceptable on your hard drive.
Dosbox mount cdrom iso#
d) should always match whatever drive letter is being used in DOSBox for the Space Hulk CD-ROM.Ĭopy the files and folders from the ISO (i.e. Could you please tell me how I can play this?Īssuming the game is mounted in DOSBox under drive D:, navigate the to the HULK\HRD_DIR directory and run MAIN.EXE with the appropriate options:
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