It's OK, I figured out how to do it. After a bit of delving I found that the startup commands are hard-coded in glidos.exe.

In c:\program files (x86)\glidos\ there's a minimal dosbox.conf. I added the following to it:

[autoexec]
imgmount e c:\path\to\cdimage.cue -t iso

Luckily this runs before the hard-coded startup parameters so that when Glidos issues "mount e f:\ -t cdrom" it just fails with an error message about drive letters.

Oh neat. I need to support this explicitly in Glidos at some stage, but that's a great workaround for now. I've been asked about it before, and I imagine lots of people want to do the same.

I know this thread is very old but I can't get AustinRover's method to work.
I use Glidos 1.50 and attaching the command to the dosbox configuration file seems to have no effect as the CD is still required and the commands in the dosbox windows are still the same as always.

You need to create a .bat file containing the command and run that instead of using glidos's start button to start the game. You need glidos running of course.

Thanks for the answer but I still can't get this to work.
Could you please help me?
How would the .bat file or the dosbox.conf have to look If I had my image C:\TOMBENG.iso?
Help would be very appreciated, as I'm not that skilled with those things.

Ah, I replied without looking through the previous posts and my advice was based on another way around the problem. Have a look at the Glidos facebook group where the other method is mentioned.

Sorry, but I can't find anything about a Tomb Raider no cd method in the facebook group.
Please help.

ShinobiNinja wrote:

How would the .bat file or the dosbox.conf have to look If I had my image C:\TOMBENG.iso?

use cue/bin format
an iso won't do (unless you don't mind missing cdaudio tracks rendering)

Here's a guess at the bat file you need. You need Glidos running, but don't use Glidos's "Start Game" button.

There's an error message saying "Illegal command: D:\Program." when I use the .bat file. Can't you somehow implement a cd image function into Glidos?

I use Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit by the way, sorry for doubleposting.

ShinobiNinja wrote:

There's an error message saying "Illegal command: D:\Program." when I use the .bat file.

Ok right. Try the new one attached below. It also has some changes because you are using 64bit Windows. It may still not work, but maybe we will get there eventually.

Can't you somehow implement a cd image function into Glidos?

Yes, hopefully when I can find some spare time. Indeed, these tests may help towards that eventual goal.