I am trying a program that needs access to the Floppy Drive (A:\). When I mount the A drive and start dosbox, dosbox is looking for a disk in the floppy drive. Is there a way to make this drive available without starting with a disk in the drive? Dosbox version .73
Sorry. I didn't mention I am running Vista.
You could try Virtual Floppy Drive.
http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html
Or copy the files from the diskette to a folder, and mount the folder as -t floppy.
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Hallo, i think i have the same probleme but maybe you misunderstand it?
I use DosBox 0.73 at my Win XP System. To install older Dos Games i buy a USB Floppy. I installed it and now in Win its Drive A: So i mount it in DosBox as A A:\ -t floppy
But now i have a problem. If i start dosbox i get an error message. It says (in german) "There is no Disk in drive A:!" I can insert a disk and type dir and all works fine. But if ever i start dosbox i get this error message!
Is there any way to fix this? Is there a way to tell dosbox not trying do load the disk at start?
Maybe someone can help!
Thanks a lot!
Heiko
PS: If i do misunderstand the question please blame it at my bad english and excuse it 😀
What game?
Not any specifik game. The error came if i start DosBox. If i dismount the floppy, the error passes away. If i mount the floppy and type "ignore" after the error all works fine. The only thing is this stupid error cause the floppy trys ever to load a disk. So i think there must be a command in DosBox thats says if there is a Floppy try to load a disk at start. And i hope someone knows how to disable this command 😀
To be clear, the error comes if i start DosBox, not if i start a game! I hope i explaint it right.
wrote:Hallo, i think i have the same probleme but maybe you misunderstand it? […]
Hallo, i think i have the same probleme but maybe you misunderstand it?
I use DosBox 0.73 at my Win XP System. To install older Dos Games i buy a USB Floppy. I installed it and now in Win its Drive A: So i mount it in DosBox as A A:\ -t floppy
But now i have a problem. If i start dosbox i get an error message. It says (in german) "There is no Disk in drive A:!" I can insert a disk and type dir and all works fine. But if ever i start dosbox i get this error message!
Is there any way to fix this? Is there a way to tell dosbox not trying do load the disk at start?Maybe someone can help!
Thanks a lot!
HeikoPS: If i do misunderstand the question please blame it at my bad english and excuse it 😀
If you type "Mount a a:" into DOSBox then it will try to mount the host floppy drive every time you start DOSBox.
Do you have a floppy drive in the USB floppy drive every time you start DOSBox or are you saying that you receive the error even if a floppy is in the floppy drive?
Try removing the "mount A A:\ -t floppy" command from your dosbox .conf file. Then, when you need to actually use a floppy, type in the "mount A A:\ -t floppy" command manually at the DOSBox DOS prompt.
Also: When you are done using the floppy, it is a good idea to type "mount -u A" to make DOSBox dismount it before removing it from the drive.
I think I understood. You want to mount the drive without having a disk in it. DOSBox doesn't let you do this because it tries to read from the absent disk.
I suggested Virtual Floppy Drive because this will let you set up a drive to mount without worrying about an actually disk. You can then write to a blank image or swap it with another image.
Hello and thanks for the answers. I think my problem is solved. I thought that i can mount the floppy in the autoexec like my cdrom. But if ever i start dosbox with the usb floppy installed and the mount command in the autoexec, i get this message. So its better to manuel mount in the running DosBox. Or maybe ignore the error message 😀
Thanks all fpr helping!
Heiko
