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First post, by x000111

Posted on 2010-09-02, 11:42

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Hello, I am running DosBox on Debian. I have done so in the past without problems. I am trying to install a game and I get the error:

Illegal Command: __insth.
"There is not enough space on c to install Police Quest II"
"Approximetly 1.8 mb of disk space are required"

Immediately, I found that using mount c ~/gamesDir -freespace 1024 would be the fix. After giving the drive up to 10GB of freespace, I realize there must be something else going on.

Does anyone know what else the problem might be? I have downloaded other games that did not require an install and they run fine.... it's just installing games, I am having problems with.

Reply 1 of 11, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-09-02, 11:51

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give it less freespace

Reply 2 of 11, by x000111

Posted on 2010-09-02, 11:58

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No go.... I tried all the way down to -freespace 200.

Reply 3 of 11, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2010-09-02, 12:08

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maybe because the parameter is -freesize ...

Reply 4 of 11, by DosFreak

Posted on 2010-09-02, 12:40

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and 200mb is alot of space

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Reply 5 of 11, by SKARDAVNELNATE

Posted on 2010-09-02, 14:58

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DosFreak wrote:
and 200mb is alot of space

Not Really. A full install of XS requires 400 MB. A humongous install of Fallout requires 650 MB.

Reply 6 of 11, by leileilol

Posted on 2010-09-02, 15:10

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SKARDAVNELNATE wrote:
DosFreak wrote:
and 200mb is alot of space

Not Really. A full install of XS requires 400 MB. A humongous install of Fallout requires 650 MB.

That's more for futureproofing into Moore's Law if anything. Hard drives of the DOS era are usually around the 50MB-2GB range and a full install like that wasn't ever often considered. A bit later into 1998, Baldur's Gate maximum installation was 3.3GB iirc and on '98 gamers' hard drives being barely 5GB+ one wouldn't take the chance 😜

Growing up from the days I still see even 50mb+ downloads as 'big' in 2010.

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Reply 7 of 11, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-09-02, 15:36

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SKARDAVNELNATE wrote:
DosFreak wrote:
and 200mb is alot of space

Not Really. A full install of XS requires 400 MB. A humongous install of Fallout requires 650 MB.

I guess you didn't noticed that Police Quest II was released decade before these games

Reply 8 of 11, by SKARDAVNELNATE

Posted on 2010-09-02, 19:01

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robertmo wrote:
I guess you didn't noticed that Police Quest II was released decade before these games

That is correct.

Reply 9 of 11, by x000111

Posted on 2010-09-02, 23:09

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ripsaw8080 wrote:
maybe because the parameter is -freesize ...

Thanks for the correction... I couldn't remember which it was because either of those fix the problem.

I have tried going, way up, beyond what I need and a little above what I need. Still no go. I know that the disk space is properly being set because when I run dir in C:\ it shows the correct amount of space.

I will keep messing with it. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks.

Reply 10 of 11, by x000111

Posted on 2010-09-02, 23:38

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Downloaded from another site and now I get this:

Illegal command: instgame.bat

Reply 11 of 11, by x000111

Posted on 2010-09-03, 00:18

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The game works though.

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