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First post, by bttr

Posted on 2008-06-06, 15:12

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1) Will DOSBox ever support booting from an ISO CD image?
2) If not, will it ever allow mounting an ISO as driver number X similar to http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/IMGMOUNT#Bootable_ … ard_disk_images?

I tried for an hour or two on DOSBox 0.72, but didn't succeed.

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Reply 1 of 8, by DosFreak

Posted on 2008-06-06, 15:38

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What EXACTLY are you trying to do?
What do you want DOSBox to do?

Explain in English with no missing words or concepts please.

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Reply 2 of 8, by Qbix

Posted on 2008-06-06, 15:49

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1. unlikely
2. dunno what it takes

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Reply 3 of 8, by bttr

Posted on 2008-06-06, 15:56

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DOSBox can already boot HDD or FDD images. Now I want it to boot a bootable ISO image containing a separate OS.

If DOSBox will never support booting an ISO image directly, it would be nice to make the ISO available as drive number 2 or 3 (primary master/slave). Then I could boot a floppy and let this floppy detect this virtual CD-ROM drive (image).

Sorry for the missing word "booting" in my first posting.

Reply 4 of 8, by wd

Posted on 2008-06-06, 17:15

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use bochs

Reply 5 of 8, by bttr

Posted on 2008-06-06, 20:10

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I already have Bochs/QEMU, but I wanted another alternative.

Reply 6 of 8, by arablizzard2413

Posted on 2008-06-06, 20:35

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DosBox is for playing games, I don't know of any games that require you to boot from a cd 😦

Reply 7 of 8, by bttr

Posted on 2008-06-07, 14:43

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Then my 2nd idea would be enough. 😉

Reply 8 of 8, by wd

Posted on 2008-06-07, 14:56

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Yeh you just need to implement it 😉

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