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First post, by Sunfist

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I have read all I can find on DosBox, and know how to mount at least the directory I made for my games. But information for installing software is a bit lacking. I mount the directory where the new software will reside, then I assume I have to mount the drive where I will be installing from, even if its the A drive?? Then put the media in and run setup or install or whatever its called, I assume the installed software will think its being installed on a regular HD and create whatever directorys it needs ect.? Then run it just as I would on a regular MSDOS computer? Second question I have is, I have noticed there are several frontends for Dosbox, do they aid in this whole process of setup and install, or do they just provide a menu of the installed software and let you pick which you want to run? Oh and one more question, some of my games are on floppys and some on CD, can I mount both the floppy and the CDrom as well as my game directory, I guess what I am asking is, is there a limit on how many drives/directorys you can mount.

Reply 1 of 3, by eL_PuSHeR

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You are on the right track. I guess it will not be very difficult for you to find out. Frontends help people handling DOSBox (they are a GUI), but if you know how ms-dos commands work, a frontend won't be needed.

Yes, you need to mount both the origin (install from) and destination drives (install to). Origin can be a floppy (you can mount a directory as floppy too), a cd-rom drive or a cdrom image (see imgmount in readme).

After that, change to the origin (source) drive and invoke the installer (setup, install, etc). When asked, choose the C drive you mounted.

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Reply 2 of 3, by MiniMax

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Read my 60 Seconds Guide to DOSBox and everything will be clear.

DOSBox 60 seconds guide | How to ask questions
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Reply 3 of 3, by Sunfist

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Thanks..Pusher got me on the right track. I was playing DOS games all night, and they play pretty much as I remember them only a bit faster. This is a great piece of software, wish I had heard of it a long time ago.