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DOSBOX's CDROM device name

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First post, by LoneLines

Posted on 2006-08-09, 17:18

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Does anyone know what the CDROM device name is in DOSBOX and if it can be changed?

For instance with MSCDEX:

C:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:CD123

The device name is CD123.

I'm thinking I may have a game which expects to see the device name as MSCDXXXX and fails to run because the device name is different.

Thanks

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Reply 1 of 5, by MiniMax

Posted on 2006-08-09, 17:22

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Device name?? Isn't that the Driver name? So - you say you have games that only works with specific CD-ROM drivers?

Reply 2 of 5, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2006-08-09, 17:28

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Reply 3 of 5, by DosFreak

Posted on 2006-08-09, 17:37

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IIRC, the name for can be anything you want. As long as it's the same in config.sys and autoexec.bat

What game are you talking about?

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Reply 4 of 5, by LoneLines

Posted on 2006-08-09, 18:34

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DosFreak: True, but since DOSBOX has no config.sys can the device name be changed?

h-a-l-9000: That's most interesting, my game is actually spurting a message in French about MSCD001, so I figured that's what it wanted to see as the device name. Guess it's back to the drawing board with it 😀

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Reply 5 of 5, by wd

Posted on 2006-08-09, 20:10

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The name is not changable, it's hardcoded into the sources. The name
shouldn't matter as there are defined interfaces to the cdrom driver,
and the regular file searching for a block dev works as well.

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