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Here are the steps I take: 1. I mount the installed directory to C using the command: […]
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Here are the steps I take:
1. I mount the installed directory to C using the command:

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1mount C HARVEST

Mount its parent as the C: drive.

How exactly would I accomplish mounting the parent as the C: drive? If you mean mounting the image after setting C: as the primary directory, I've tried that, and it did not work any different than using imgmount while C: is not the primary directory.

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1. I mount the installed directory to C using the command: […]
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1. I mount the installed directory to C using the command:

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1mount C HARVEST

What does DOSBox report after you enter this command? For me it says "Directory HARVEST doesn't exist." That's because there is no path.

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2. I mount the images using imgmount using the command: […]
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2. I mount the images using imgmount using the command:

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1imgmount D DISK1.iso DISK2.iso DISK3.iso -t iso

Again you have no paths here. DOSBox reports "The image must be on a host or local drive."

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3. I set the primary directory to C using the command: […]
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1C:

Given the above MOUNT command DOSBox reports "Drive C does not exist!"

Also HARVEST is the directory that was created when the game was installed. You should use the same mount command as you did then.

For example I use
MOUNT C C:\DOS\GAMES -t dir -freesize 400
IMGMOUNT D C:\DOS\Harvester-1.iso C:\DOS\Harvester-2.iso C:\DOS\Harvester-3.iso -t cdrom

The game then installs to C C:\DOS\GAMES\HARVEST
After installing I still use MOUNT C C:\DOS\GAMES, that is the parent directory of HARVEST.
From then on the game will see itself in C:\HARVEST.
MOUNT C C:\DOS\GAMES\HARVEST would result in the game seeing itself in C:\, which is wrong.

How are you installing from the ISO SKARDAVNELNATE? When I attempt to access any files on my ISO files through DOSBox, I am presented with Illegal command errors. The ISO appears to be working properly as I can access the files if I extract the ISO and then mount the extracted ISOs folder directly.

Harvester-1.iso, Harvester-2.iso, and Harvester-3.iso are located in C:\DOS

Run DOSBox
Z:\>MOUNT C C:\DOS\GAMES -t dir -freesize 400
Dive C is mounted as local directory C:\DOS\GAMES

Z:\>IMGMOUNT D C:\DOS\Harvester-1.iso C:\DOS\Harvester-2.iso C:\DOS\Harvester-3.iso -t cdrom
MSCDEX installed.
Drive D is mounted as C:\DOS\Harvester-1.iso; C:\DOS\Harvester-2.iso; C:\DOS\Harvester-3.iso

Z:\>D:

D:\>INSTALL

At which part do you encounter something different?
Does the same occur when using the original disc?

Hello once again SKARDAVNELNATE. I encounter a different result after typing INSTALL.

Here is what I am doing:
Run DOSBox
Z:\>mount C C:\OLDGAMES\HARVESTER -t dir -freesize 400
Drive C is mounted as local directory C:\OLDGAMES\HARVESTER\

Z:\>imgmount D C:\OLDGAMES\HARVESTER\DISK1.iso C:\OLDGAMES\HARVESTER\DISK2.iso C:\OLDGAMES\HARVESTER\DISK3.iso -t cdrom
MSCDEX installed.
Drive D is mounted as C:\OLDGAMES\HARVESTER\DISK1.iso; C:\OLDGAMES\HARVESTER\DISK2.iso; C:\OLDGAMES\HARVESTER\DISK3.iso

Z:\>D:

D:\>INSTALL
Illegal command: INSTALL.

I believe my files are working properly as if I extract the ISO, mount the folder I extracted it to, and type INSTALL, I am able to successfully install harvester.

Can you install from the original discs?
MOUNT D D:\
Assuming D:\ is your physical optical drive.
Press CTRL+F4 after swapping.

Are you sure that DISK1.iso is in fact disc 1?
Discs 2 and 3 don't have INSTALL.EXE on them. Use these commands:
imgmount D C:\OLDGAMES\HARVESTER\DISK1.iso
D:
dir *.exe
For me this returns 7 files on disc 1, and file *.exe not found on the others.

What program did you use to image the discs?
I used MagicISO for mine.

SKARDAVNELNATE, I can succesfully install from the original discs. I used a light C# program called ISOCreator in order to generate the ISO files, as I do not like the bulk of MagicISO. DISK1.iso is in fact disk1. When viewing it with a program such as 7-zip, I can see the INSTALL.EXE in DISK1.iso. When I enter the command dir *.exe for all three disks, I am presented with this:

D:\>dir *.exe
Directory of D:\.
File *.exe not found.

I suspect ISOCreator didn't image the disc correctly. Try just dir and see if it returns any files.
Try imaging the discs with MagicISO or a third program if you prefer.

It appears that DIR successfully returns files. I can also type out several files such as the readme.
Here's a screenshot of the readme from the ISO typed out in DOSBox.
I will try re-imaging the ISOs with a different program.

EDIT: I'm playing around with some settings, and I need to ask, what ISO charset are you using?

Okay, so here is how I fixed everything. It seems that ISOCreator was using a charset to generate its ISO files that HARVESTER did not like. I ended up using a freeware program by the name of Folder2ISO, which allows you to pick custom charsets. I picked the charset iso8859-1, and imaged under that charset. Thanks for your help everyone!

As a final note, I did some things differently than what was said in here that I believe people might want to know. Instead of what was said, I installed harvester to a directory called HARVEST, but not through the installer. I mounted the directory HARVEST to C, and then I installed HARVESTER to C:\ instead of C:\HARVEST (not doing this causes combat bugs such as memory errors). Then, I mounted the primary directory to this folder by using mount C HARVEST. I then mounted the images of the disks using imgmount imgmount D DISK1.iso DISK2.iso DISK3.iso -t cdrom. Then I set C as the primary directory using C:, and finally, I ran harvester using the command HARVEST.

You can find my whole DOSBox configuration file for HARVESTER here.