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First post, by king_njc

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-intel core duo processor t7300
-2 GB 667 MHz Dual channel ddr2 sdram
-windows vista
- 2.0 GHz, 4Mb cache, 800 Mhz FSB
-NVIDIA Ge Force 8600M GT with 256 MB GDDR2 dedicated graphic memory
-DOSBOX 0.72

I am trying to install Heroes of Might and Magic (from a cd) but could not because not enough of free memory. (needed 25MB more)

This is what i typed at the beginninig...
first i mounted the cd from the cd rom ( E is my cd drive)
typed : mount c e:\ -t cdrom
c:
cd heroes
install.exe

after clicking the install button, the computer says that i do not have enough free memory.

So, I referred to Section 4 of Readme file, which goes something like this
MOUNT "Emulated Drive letter" "Real Drive or Directory"
[-t type] [-aspi] [-ioctl] [-noioctl] [-usecd number] [-size drivesize]
[-label drivelabel] [-freesize size_in_mb]
[-freesize size_in_kb (floppies)]

First problem is I do not know how to free the memory using the format above. Is it gonna be like :

MOUNT c e:\ -t cdrom [-usecd number] 2GB drivelabel 25MB

2nd problem is i am not sure where i can find the [usecd number] ...

would appreciate if anyone can tell whether i am typing the command correctly and tell me how to gete the usecd number

thnks

Reply 1 of 2, by Dominus

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ok, I see your problem. The game needs a drive to install to. Dosbox only "sees" what is mounted so all your hard drives are not there 😀
Normally I'd point you to 60 seconds guide to getting your game to run in DOSBox but, well, I can't help it 😀
First on your hard drive make a folder called Dosgames on your C drive (so you have c:\Dosgames), then start Dosbox and do the following commands in Dosbox:
mount c c:\dosgames
mount d e:\ -t cdrom
c:
cd heroes
install.exe

Windows 3.1x guide for DOSBox
60 seconds guide to DOSBox
DOSBox SVN snapshot for macOS (10.4-11.x ppc/intel 32/64bit) notarized for gatekeeper

Reply 2 of 2, by king_njc

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thanks so much...
i managed to play the game... everything is perfect.. 😀