Anonymous wrote:

still wont work... seems like the letter "e" is the only letter i can mount
as cdrom drive. Or maybe I just can't mount more than one directory.

This does not make sense, Anonymous. Are you saying that this does not work:

mount c c:\
mount e c:\phan1\cd1 -t cdrom
e:
dir
mount d c:\phan1\cd2 -t cdrom
d:
dir

Edit: Fixed an error in the mount command. -type should be -t.

it doesn't work and i have no idea what i'm doing wrong...
i can still play the directory thats mounted with "e" but not the one that's
mounted with "d" or any other letter

Did you type in the commands exactly as I wrote them?

Yes or no?

yes, I have used that exact setting, and the game detects the files
of cd1 but when I reacht the point of swapping discs, the game still can't
find the cd2 dir.

I have checked and I am 100% sure there's nothing wrong with the files.
This is the autoexec line I use:

mount c c:\
mount e c:\phan1\cd1 -type cdrom
e:
dir
mount d c:\phan1\cd2 -type cdrom
d:
dir
c:
cd sierra
cd scarydos
phcd

Anonymous wrote:

This is the autoexec line I use: […]
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This is the autoexec line I use:

mount c c:\
mount e c:\phan1\cd1 -type cdrom
e:
dir
mount d c:\phan1\cd2 -type cdrom
d:
dir

Well, if this works - in particular the dir commands, then DOSBox can mount and see the files. So it was not entirely accurate when you said "Or maybe I just can't mount more than one directory" 😀

Have you tried switching the mount and drives around (D = CD1, E = CD2)?

Oh - And I think you should change '-type' into '-t':

mount D c:\phan1\cd1 -t cdrom
mount E c:\phan1\cd2 -t cdrom

How do you start DOSBox?

Can you use CTRL-F5 in DOSBox to capture a couple of screenshoots when the game asks for the 2nd CD?

FYI: Some people are discussing how to get Phantasmagoria 2 to run here.

hello Minimax, I just recently logged in so from now on i'm "tomlow"
(just to let you know).

thanks for the help so far... I will try again and capture some screenshots.

Again, it didn't work, I switched the letters but the letter "d" just won't mount. I don't start dosbox in an abnormal way, i just click on the Doxbox.exe icon. This is the line i used this time:

mount c c:\
mount d c:\phan1\cd1 -t cdrom
d:
dir
mount e c:\phan1\cd2 -t cdrom
e:
dir
c:
cd sierra
cd scarydos
phcd

and I added a screenshot when the game asks me to switch cd's

Okay - since the menu do not allow you to specify drive D: or drive E: you have to use the same drive-letter for both CD's.... Which means: No copying to the harddisk, and back to mounting the physical CD-drive (which you can eject & swap):

mount D "X:\" -t cdrom
or
mount D "X:\" -t cdrom -ioctl

And then (as I wrote earlier):

1. Use the real, physical CD's
1.1) When the game wants CD #2, eject CD #1.
1.2) Insert CD #2.
1.3) Wait for the drive to spin up and spin down (watch the lights).
1.4) Press CTRL-F4 (which should cause DOSBox to re-read the CD-info.
1.5) Tell the game (Phantasmagoria) that you have changed CD's.

wow dude! it really worked!
it was the mount D "X:\" -t cdrom -ioctl code that made it work.

BIG BIG BIG THANKS!!
this shows the use of these forums, i will help as many people as i can
and try to run as much games under xp as possible!

thumbs up for vogons and dosbox!