I have a Clipper-made program that needs 'FILES=171' in config.sys and 'set CLIPPER=f171' in autoexec.bat. Autoexec is not a problem, but what about config.sys ?
I read somewhere a nice suggestion: 'run it natively', but what if I'm on a LINUX box ? 😢
AFAIK Dosbox files value can't be altered by the user.
I don't remeber what its value is in dosbox.I think it's mentioned in some post over here, do a search.
Iampiti
I know that it can't be changed, I just forgot to say that... 😀
I am starting this topic only because I can't run natively on a Linux box. I put it on the subject and on the message trying to make it clear. 😐
In a few words, I want to know if there's any workaround. If it's a source tweak, I change to the dev forum. BTW, I have changed DOS_FILES value in dosbox sources, but I guess this is offtopic and it didn't worked. 😁
More details about the problem:
The clipper program fails with a "DOS Error 4". I know that it's the "Too many file opens" error. In a windows xp box, it's easy to solve with personalized 'config.nt'.
The real problem is that it was found and solved on a friend's xp box, but now I need to run it on my linux box. 😵
a program that needs 171 files open at one time is evil 😀
Any way. I have too look up where to set it in the source.
(btw the game itself should be able to set the files to 171) it's just a doscall
I'll get back to you.
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