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First post, by king_of_the_kop

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I'm a real novice. So bare with me..!

I can't even mount. When i try to write: mount C C:/CM2 it says
Directory C doesn't exist! But it EXISTS!! What can I do? And why does this happen??

Reply 1 of 16, by MiniMax

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1. You need to use '\' (back-slahs), not '/' (forward-slash).
2. C:\CM2 needs to exists when you view it in Windows.

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Reply 6 of 16, by HunterZ

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Yeah, it must be Mac or Linux. There are some other threads on this forum where people have asked how to mount drives on those OSes, so you might try searching/browsing the forum.

Reply 8 of 16, by DosFreak

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Check that your using at least DosBox v0.63.

Double-Click on My Computer and tell us what drive letters/partitions you have. Can you access your C: through My Computer?

VALID

MOUNT C C:\
MOUNT C C:/

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MOUNT C C:
This will not work because your telling DosBox to mount a directory called C:. There is not a directory C:. C: is a DRIVE not a directory.

Reply 9 of 16, by king_of_the_kop

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I'm using DosBox v0.63. When i double click on my computer: C: , D: and E: (cd-rom). I tried mount c c too, but it says the usual thing: Directory C doesn't exist. What is this !?!?

Reply 10 of 16, by MiniMax

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  1. Select Start -> Run...
  2. Enter CMD.EXE when asked which program to run.
  3. Enter this command when the CMD-prompt appears:
    DIR C:\
  4. Please post the result of the DIR command here.

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Reply 11 of 16, by eL_PuSHeR

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Do as DosFreak suggests. It seems your forgot the ending backslash and IT'S NEEDED.

mount c c:\

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Reply 12 of 16, by king_of_the_kop

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Thanks so much!! It suddenly worked!! But now my problem is that the game I was going to play (championship manager 2) didnt work. When i type cm2.exe it says: Can not find *LASERLOK* cd_rom in any drive.

Anybody who knows what that means??

Reply 13 of 16, by Guest

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Q: My CD-ROM doesn't work.
A: To mount your cdrom in DOSBox you have to specify some additional options
when mounting the cdrom.
To enable the most basic cdrom support:
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom
To enable low-level SDL-support:
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0
To enable low-level ioctl-support(win2k/xp/linux):
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl
To enable low-level aspi-support (win98 with aspi-layer installed):
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -apsi

In the commands: - d driveletter you in DOSBox
- f:\ location of cdrom on your PC.
- 0 The number of the cdrom drive, reported by mount -cd
See also the question: The game/application can't find its CD-ROM.

is what the readme says