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Can't figure this thing out

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First post, by tambe

Posted on 2006-01-12, 01:11

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I am trying to run Kings Quest with DOSbox. I successfully downloaded DOSbox and even got the drive anf older mounted but I can't seem to change directories to the actual game and make it run. Any help? I keep getting the "unable to ochange to" message.

Reply 1 of 2, by Lofty

Posted on 2006-01-12, 01:39

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Make sure none of the folders have names longer than the dos limitation of 8 characters.
Your commands should go something like:
mount c: c:\games\kq
c:
kq

Reply 2 of 2, by Kippesoep

Posted on 2006-01-12, 09:03

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Space in the path names will also mess things up. You can also use TAB-completion, though. Instead of "CD SOMEFOLDER" (which won't work, as it should probably be "CD SOMEFO~1"), type "CD SOM[press TAB here]" and DOSBox will auto-complete the pathname.

The DIR command is also useful to see what the files are called inside DOSBox.

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