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First post, by fredl

Posted on 2009-02-24, 00:07

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is it possible to mount a folder as a hdd bigger than 100mb? i want to install a game on my computer but xp doesnt run the setup. so i wanted to install the game full (422mb) to my hdd. but that doesnt work cause the hdd is only 100 mb!

is it hardcoded that the hdd is 100mb or can i change it? would be nice if it would be bigger ;D

Reply 1 of 11, by MiniMax

Posted on 2009-02-24, 00:13

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Yes, see the README.

Reply 2 of 11, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2009-02-24, 08:14

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Reply 3 of 11, by IIGS_User

Posted on 2009-02-24, 13:40

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eL_PuSHeR wrote:
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Well, they could develop a bigger hdd. 😮

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Reply 4 of 11, by Qbix

Posted on 2009-02-24, 13:43

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next version default is 250 mb

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Reply 5 of 11, by IIGS_User

Posted on 2009-02-25, 16:43

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Was just a joke of mine, not a suggestion. 😉

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Reply 6 of 11, by fredl

Posted on 2009-02-27, 18:42

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thx that worked! =)

solution:
mount c c:\ -freesize 1000000000
freesize is the size of the free space on the hdd

Reply 7 of 11, by wd

Posted on 2009-02-27, 19:09

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Mounting your full hd is pretty stupid, but that's up to you of course.

Reply 8 of 11, by fredl

Posted on 2009-02-27, 19:33

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dosgames are just some MB! why not mount c?

Reply 9 of 11, by MiniMax

Posted on 2009-02-27, 20:00

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Reply 10 of 11, by Kippesoep

Posted on 2009-02-27, 21:02

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By mounting your full hard drive, you also give DOSBox (and any program running within it) access to all your data. If there's a serious bug in a program running inside DOSBox, it can now trounce your entire hard drive rather than just the mounted folder.

If program you run through DOSBox happens to be infected by a virus, that virus can also destroy everything on your hard drive, not just the folder. Also, some programs do bad things to the drive which might be acceptable on a real DOS machine, but will cause data loss this way.

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Reply 11 of 11, by IIGS_User

Posted on 2009-02-28, 16:03

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format c:

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