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Change Dosbox startup directory from Z: to another drive letter

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First post, by xmafia

Posted on 2010-10-14, 15:19

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Good Day!

Is it possible to change the default directory of DosBox from drive Z: to other drive letter? I need to mount my dos based dBase5 program to drive Z because the program is hard coded to access files in drive Z

Thanks!

Reply 1 of 2, by Jorpho

Posted on 2010-10-14, 15:31

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I'm pretty sure you'd have to alter the DOSBox source code and recompile.

Wouldn't it be easier to alter your dBase 5 program? (Even if it's already compiled, if there's no fancy encryption it ought to be possible to search and replace for "Z" with a hex editor.)

Reply 2 of 2, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2010-10-14, 17:30

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Qbix made a patch for it awhile ago, but dunno how well it will work with recent source... might need some touch-up.

Remap "Z" to different letter

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