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[SOLVED] Unable to mount text/data files as images under dosbox

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First post, by weylyn1

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Hi,
I'm trying to use SimCity 2000 Special Edition, Dungeon Keeper from my Origin library on my Linux PC. I used this command to launch DOSBox:

DOSBox -c "mount c ./SC2000" -c "imgmount d ./SC2000/SC2000.DAT -t cdrom"

but it failed.
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The same applies to Dungeon Keeper's GAME.INST as well.

Original mount for Dungeon Keeper's GAME.INST (on Windows):

imgmount d "..\game.inst" -t iso -fs iso

and for SimCity 2000 Special Edition's SC2000.DAT:

imgmount d "..\SC2000.DAT" -t iso -fs iso

When trying the same in Windows 11 with DOSBox 0.74-3, I get the same results for SimCity 2000 SE.
As for Dungeon Keeper, it works fine when launched in the DOSBox it came with (0.73), but in DOSBox 0.74-3, I only get this:
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My mount lines:

mount c "C:\GAMES\ORIGIN\Dungeon Keeper\DATA"
imgmount d "C:\GAMES\ORIGIN\Dungeon Keeper\DATA\GAME.INST" -t cdrom -fs iso

The original installation path with the freshly downloaded files.
The distro I'm using is MX 21, which is based on Debian 11 "bullseye".
If anyone needs the files, here's GAME.INST + the OGGs and SC2000.DAT.

Last edited by weylyn1 on 2021-12-14, 15:17. Edited 3 times in total.

Reply 2 of 3, by zirkoni

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Linux is case sensitive so the first thing to check is that GAME.INST content matches the filenames:

FILE "game.dat" BINARY
  TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
      INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "keeper02.ogg" MP3
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 00:00:00
...

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Reply 3 of 3, by weylyn1

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zirkoni wrote on 2021-12-14, 13:36:
Linux is case sensitive so the first thing to check is that GAME.INST content matches the filenames: […]
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Linux is case sensitive so the first thing to check is that GAME.INST content matches the filenames:

FILE "game.dat" BINARY
  TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
      INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "keeper02.ogg" MP3
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 00:00:00
...

Thanks! This solved the problem with Dungeon Keeper. Unfortunately, I can't do this with SC2000.DAT because it's a binary.

EDIT:
I found the problem with SimCity 2000 SE. I was trying to mount the wrong .DAT file. Instead of SC2000.DAT, which I was trying to mount, I was supposed to mount SC2000SE.DAT.

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