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swapping disks in x-wing install

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First post, by wpegden

Posted on 2006-05-12, 00:41

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Hi,
I'm trying to install x-wing from the 5 original disks. First I do
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
in linux. Then in dosbox, I mount A: as
mount a /mnt/floppy -t floppy

once the install program asks for disk 2 (insert disk 2 and press a key, etc), I unmount /mnt/floppy in a linux terminal, remove disk 1, insert disk 2, and then do mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

I hit a key in the dosbox window, but the installation program just beeps and tells me to insert disk 2. The funny thing is that once I close the installation program, I can hit dir and Dosbox knows the disks have been swapped. What could be going on here?

Thanks,
Wes

Reply 1 of 9, by DosFreak

Posted on 2006-05-12, 01:01

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Did you hit CTRL+F4 in DosBox after you mounted the second floppy?

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Reply 2 of 9, by wpegden

Posted on 2006-05-12, 15:25

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yeah I did, it didn't help.

Reply 3 of 9, by HunterZ

Posted on 2006-05-12, 15:29

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Another thing to try if the filenames are different on all the disks is to copy them all into one directory on the hard drive and mount that to /mnt/floppy, then run the installer in DOSBox and see if the game has a problem installing from one big virtual floppy.

Reply 4 of 9, by wpegden

Posted on 2006-05-12, 16:20

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Thanks for the replies.

I tired putting them all in one folder, too, but it gave the same complaint.

Reply 5 of 9, by HunterZ

Posted on 2006-05-12, 17:24

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I wonder if it is checking the volume label? That would probably cause problems, and I don't know how to get around it. Maybe using images of the floppies would work?

Reply 6 of 9, by wpegden

Posted on 2006-05-12, 19:27

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I tried using images of the floppies as well. But, just like when using real disks, you have to mount and unmount them. It didn't help...

Thanks again for the replies though,
Wes

Reply 7 of 9, by HunterZ

Posted on 2006-05-12, 23:15

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As DosFreak mentioned, You do also have to hit ctrl+f4 after swapping and mounting disks. This is because DOSBox caches everything and doesn't always automatically refresh the cache on a disk swap.

Reply 8 of 9, by prompt

Posted on 2006-05-13, 07:03

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In the last post of the following thread seems to be a solution for your problem:
X-wing floppy install

Reply 9 of 9, by wpegden

Posted on 2006-05-13, 15:20

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thanks again for the replies.

I tried hitting ctrl-f4 between swaps, it didn't help. I also tried copying everything into one directory (as suggested in that other thread), and that didn't help either.

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