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First post, by bullseye44

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Hi all,

I decided that i wanted to install CM2 Italian League Edition and used DOSBox to do so. I looked at the 60 sec guide from a previous post on here to set it up.

It installed fine but will not run.

i typed the following commands into DOSBox:

mount C "C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\DOSBox stuff\CM2_ITA"

mount D "D:\" -T cdrom

I then switched to the C:\ drive and firstly typed "GO.bat" then "CM2.exe", both started to run it but then the DOS box disappeared.

Any help much appreciated??

Reply 1 of 8, by MiniMax

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Not sure if it makes any difference, but that uppercase -T is a bit unusual. Try with -t instead.

Can you start DOSBox from CMD-prompt?

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Reply 2 of 8, by bullseye44

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it didnt make any difference when the "t" was lower case.

when i mounted both drives and then typed "GO.bat" the box changed as though it was starting to load (see image) then disappeared.

Why would i need to start DOSbox from a CMD prompt?

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Reply 3 of 8, by MiniMax

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bullseye44 wrote:

Why would i need to start DOSbox from a CMD prompt?

Because it is not helpful when DOSBox closes without a trace. When started from a CMD-prompt you stand a better chance of catching any error messages from DOSBox.

So - can you start DOSBox from CMD-prompt?

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Reply 4 of 8, by bullseye44

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I might be being a little stupid here but if i open a cmd prompt (wich i can by typing cmd in the run box) isnt that just the same as running dos box?

If so what do i do from here?

(Thanks for this help by the way!)

Reply 5 of 8, by MiniMax

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bullseye44 wrote:

I might be being a little stupid here but if i open a cmd prompt (wich i can by typing cmd in the run box) isnt that just the same as running dos box?

No.

Do this:

Run => cmd.exe

C:\>cd "%ProgramFiles%\DOSBox-0.72"
C:\>dosbox.exe -noconsole

Start CM2 and wait for DOSBox to disappear.

C:\> type stdout.txt
C:\> type stderr.txt

Then tell us what stdout.txt and stderr.txt contained. You may also open them in Notepad if you prefer that:

C:\> notepad stdout.txt
C:\> notepad stderr.txt

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Reply 6 of 8, by bullseye44

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stdout.txt

DOSBox version 0.72
Copyright 2002-2007 DOSBox Team, published under GNU GPL.
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CONFIG:Loading primary settings from config file dosbox.conf
MIDI:Opened device:win32
Exit to error: CPU:GRP5:Illegal Call 7

when i typed stderr.txt it did not find it.