See here: http://dosbox.com/wiki/IMGMOUNT

Also note that you must make a BIN/CUE image instead of an ISO image if the CD has audio tracks. ImgBurn is a great free tool for making images (and other things): http://www.imgburn.com/

I read the wiki you found for me, and I think I understand that I must make a special folder (which is on the host PC) for my ISO game disc images (first, I want to try installing from an ISO image before making a bin/cue image - (do I absolutely have to make a bin/cue image if trying to install a DOS game?)) which I shall call "drive b:\" within DOSbox - have tried to mount this by 1) "mount c b:\MyISO"; "mount b b:\MyISO"; "mount b c:\MyISO" after moving the "MyISO" folder into the "DosGames" folder (my DOSbox's C:\ drive) but none of this worked even when I mounted by editing my DOSbox config file and saving it after each edit and restarting DOSbox.

Each time I tried to mount "MyISO" folder, eiither directly from the host's desktop or after I moved it into my "DosGames" folder, and started DOSbox, it gave me a "drive b does not exist" message.

I'm really stumped.

Bin/.Cue is for games that are copy protected or that have CD audio.

If the game has neither then you can use .ISO.

You should stay away from using drive letters that real MS-DOS would not use for those devices.

So floppies for A/B
Hard drive always mount as C
CDROMS always mount as D\E (additional if needed FGH, etc.) You should always stick with D/E if you can tho.

You mount images using the command "imgmount", not "mount". Mount is for mounting folders.

I must make a special folder (which is on the host PC) for my ISO game disc images

Maybe good practice but not necessary. I often store images in the game's own folder.

I shall call "drive b:\"

The CD drive is typically called D. For some games it doesn't matter. For other they expect a certain letter. B was often used as a second floppy drive.

after moving the "MyISO" folder into the "DosGames" folder (my DOSbox's C:\ drive)

The command for images is IMGMOUNT and the path has to be relative to the host perspective. Also, include the type.
IMGMOUNT D C:\DosGames\MyISO\name.iso -t iso

SKARDAVNELNATE wrote:

IMGMOUNT D C:\DosGames\MyISO\name.iso -t iso

Thanks for clarifying for me - I did this (in quote) and it worked! Thanks!
One of the games is now in the process of installing - the CD Speed check did not lock up, but got past it; this game is STTNG AFU.

Ok - I got STTNG AFU installed successfully into DOSbox; so far, the game runs just fine!

EDIT - the other game, Emergency Room (DOS) still locks up at the CD Speed Check even though I was using a ISO image. I tried changing the cpu settings in DOSbox from "auto" to 486_slow" but the CD Speed test still hangs.

CDROMS always mount as D\E (additional if needed FGH)

Actually back in the day you could specify to MSCDEX what drive letter it should assign. I chose R when I got my first CD-ROM drive; "R" was for "ROM" and to give me room for other partitions/HDDs later. I don't remember if any games expected D: - if they did I was probably able to work around them.

I later added a CD-RW drive and gave it the letter W (for "Write").

Kelly Stiver wrote:

EDIT - the other game, Emergency Room (DOS) still locks up at the CD Speed Check even though I was using a ISO image. I tried changing the cpu settings in DOSbox from "auto" to 486_slow" but the CD Speed test still hangs.

I see there's a post on it here: Topic 22783

I can move that thread to the DOSBox Broken Games forum and add a note if you'd like.

HunterZ wrote:

I can move that thread to the DOSBox Broken Games forum and add a note if you'd like.

sure, go ahead.

(bump) sorry about the double post, but where is the DOSbox broken games forum?

It's not for the public. It's a secret.

Don't bump threads.