Thanks a lot you helped me alot. i'll check the floppy stuff tomorrow as it's almost 3 am here in israel... thanks again yaniv

i managed to boot into freedos but i only get access to the c drive. If mount doesn't work anymore, how can i access anything on my computer (hd cdrom etc.)?

Ok thanks, i'll try that

It's odd, but it's also very old... They have a "backup" mechanism which only works with diskettes. furthermore, the IRS sometimes asks for this floppy to keep track. I've installed freedos in the past on ms virtual pc. is it problematic under dosbox? what to do after i install it?

B.t.w. it also happened with a real floppy drive

The application is an hebrew accounting app called Hashavshevet. I actually don't know about the direct access, but it might be the problem. can i overcome this in any way?

ofcourse. give me some credit dude 😉

with mount a c:\floppy -t floppy

Hi, I've got an old Dos accounting application working almost perfectly on Dosbox. Almost, because I'm having a problem accessing the floppy disk (real or a virtual one) using that app. I can echo to a txt file through the dosbox command line, but when the app has problem writing to a floppy. it …