PCem can read that image (but the image is not bootable), so the image is not corrupt.

Keep on mind that some VMs (at least virtualbox) are restricted to some floppy sizes, so your image probably won't work with them.

Also, in the future ask DOSBox questions in the DOSBox forums. DOSBox

Moved.

It's actually a booter, so start it in DOSBox with: BOOT MULE.IMG

It does have a DOS 1.x file system that could be MOUNTed in DOSBox SVN *if* the image is double-sided rather than single-sided.

You should change the machine setting in the conf file to machine=cga for this game.

Also, unless you have permission from the rights holder to distribute the software, do not post it here.

Thx for moving the post to the right location. Still learning, so thumbs up.

@ripsaw - so if the image is single sided is there a way to mount it? The MULE community folks definitely kept this game alive, along with the DOSbox folks. Some of the DOSbox developers changed dosbox so that the CGA graphics of the game could run without errors. Thumbs up to them too!

Lastly, the M.U.L.E. game has been abandoned for some time. The US PTO shows it to be dead for about 12 years now:
http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/jumpto?f=doc&st … 10:qptxax.2.519
So technically that means the software is public domain.

BIG HUGE RASPBERRY for the grinch who didn't do their homework on that one.
If you could please reverse your error and post that file again it would be much appreciated.

DOSBox SVN won't mount an image that is single-sided when its file system indicates it is double-sided, so again, if you want to mount the image then dump it as double-sided. However, you don't really need to mount the image; just boot it.

Maybe try educating yourself with a simple search on Google for "how long does copyright last". Several decades remain before the earliest PC software begins to exit copyright; the only way around it is for the rights holder to explicitly waive their rights, and not much chance of EA doing that.

winterlight wrote:

The US PTO shows it to be dead for about 12 years now:
http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/jumpto?f=doc&st … 10:qptxax.2.519
So technically that means the software is public domain.

You are incredibly wrong. Even if a trademark expires, copyright remains. Copyright is what determines whether something is in the public domain. Lifetime for copyright in the United States (and many other trade partners) is life of the author + 70 years, and generally longer for a corporation. https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html