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instaling tornado from floppy

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First post, by someguy

Posted on 2006-11-08, 13:15

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hi
i have a copy off
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/comp_list.php?s … &search=tornado

ive tried thru 0.65 and 0.63 the latter which has been known to work with this game

i mounted floppy via
mount a a:\ -t floppy
it says mounted as local directory, i dont know if its meant to feedback about mount as type 'floppy' or not as it may be related to my problem

the installer runs but after i press start to begin copying files from to my harddisk (which i have mounted and the game recognizes as usable install dir) it just freezes on 0.63 and does nothing
and on 0.65 the installer tells me "to insert game disk into a: or b:"

both times i mount the same directorys into the same locations

ne help?

Reply 1 of 6, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2006-11-08, 13:57

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Try installing the game using NTVDM first. If installation succeedes, use DOSBox to play.

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Reply 2 of 6, by someguy

Posted on 2006-11-10, 12:43

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how do i do that?
i tried installing thru command.com
and from cmd/command.com i tried running ntvdm before installing.
tho i am unsure how to use ntvdm of it its something invoked by command.com or what
i also tried using windows compablity mode to install

Reply 3 of 6, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2006-11-10, 14:04

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Don't you know how to open an ms-dos box? I think there is a link already at Accesories > Command Prompt

If not > Execute > cmd.exe

You need to have certain ms-dos knowlege for it, though (like changing drives and invoking programs).

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Reply 4 of 6, by MiniMax

Posted on 2006-11-10, 15:32

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Try Start => Run => cmd.exe

Then cd /d A:\ and install Tornado.

Reply 5 of 6, by someguy

Posted on 2006-11-12, 12:45

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my questoin was about using "NTVDM"
after http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTVDM i didnt knw if it was just referring to command.com, i found a seperate exeutable file in windows dir so i thought i was unsure wether or not command.com or cmd.exe used it or if i had to manualy run it or something
anyway as i stated i tried installing in both command.com and cmd.exe
i even tried to run it thru wine, tho wine has poor dos support

Reply 6 of 6, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2006-11-12, 16:57

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Version from Underdogs seems to work just fine under DOSBox 0.65.

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