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HARVESTER disc swap

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First post, by leviatam

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somebody please help me! i need to swap to disc 2 on harvester but i have no idea how to get this done. this is what i've done...
i use poweriso to mount the *.iso file to e:
then i go to dosbox and do:
mount d e:/ -t cdrom
mount c c:/harvest (that is the folder that the game installed to)
d:/install
now this is weird because i have to reinstall the game everytime i want to play, but when i do install, i say no to each file overwrite, so the install does nothing really, but when i go to c:/harvest to play, it's fine.
if i don't install, i get the error: could not read abm_filename: 1:/graphic/other/wait.abm
which is strange, but if i do install first, the game works fine.
now when i get to the part where i need to switch cds, i tried just mounting the second iso in poweriso while the game is still running, but nothing happens and the game doesn't recognize this.
i looked online at different threads and tried imgmounting from dosbox like some other people did. my iso is in c:/har/h1.iso
mount c c:/har
imgmount d c:/h1.iso -t iso
and i get the error: could not load image file: c:/har/h1.iso
mscdex: failure: invalid file or unable to open

my idea was that if i just mounted the iso using imgmount command, i could do multiple isos for cd swapping, however imgmount command doesn't seem to work for me, not even for just one iso...
so the only way i can get this to run is by the way i said before, running poweriso and installing it each time.
PLEASE somebody help me, i would appreciate it so much! the game is awesome so far and i really want to be able to play the rest of it!

Reply 1 of 5, by Dominus

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Imgmount d c:/har/h1.iso -t iso
And when you mount more isos you have to refresh via ctrl+f4 ( which is also the probkem when you use poweriso)

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Reply 2 of 5, by leviatam

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ok, typed it in exactly like that and i'm getting the same message
could not load image file: c:/har/h1.iso
mscdex: failure: invalid file or unable to open
i know it sees the file there, and i am unmounting it from poweriso. i tried this with the second and third disks too and i'm getting that same error message. am i doing something wrong? what is the problem??

Reply 3 of 5, by bloodbat

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imgmount can mount multiple cd images to ease switching like

imgmount d c:\har\h1.iso c:\har\h2.iso -t cdrom

As for the invalid image...you may want to redo your isos...they could be compressed (which should be isz, but...hey...)

Reply 4 of 5, by leviatam

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holy crap, i got it to work!! i did the same thing i tried to do before, when it asks for the cd 2, i leave dosbox, mount the second cd in drive e, then go back to the game. at this point, i was left clicking, but nothing was happening, but THIS time around, i hit ctrl+f4, and it worked. i think that dosbox did not realize i changed cds in power iso, but if you hit ctrl f4, it's simulating changing cds or opening the cd drive.
thanks for the help anyway!