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NHL '97 not installing

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First post, by fleshwound_NPG

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Just got NHL '97 yesterday (lost my old one, found one on amazon) and I cannot get it to work with 0.74, even though Dosbox says it's supported.

I can get to the setup screen, but as soon as I select my soundcard (auto-detect goes to SB 16) and hit the checkmark to proceed the game basically freezes and goes no further. The sound DOES work when I hit "sound test" prior to proceeding with the install.

This person sounds like he had a similar problem ("solution" reply was useless, as that's dosbox's default sound setup basically I think): http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=13342

I'm running a Win7 machine, if that helps (probably doesn't).

Reply 2 of 6, by fleshwound_NPG

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Cannot update if I cannot install in the first place.

No sound does not work, either.

Reply 3 of 6, by truth_deleted

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Try low number of cycles during installation. The manual explains the cycles parameter in dosbox.conf. If that doesn't work, you could test with Ykhwong's build.

Reply 5 of 6, by ripsaw8080

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Judging by DOSBox's title bar in your screenshot, the install program has terminated back to DOS. I can reproduce that exact behavior in NHL 97's installer by not mounting a C: drive to install to. Not a very graceful way for the installer to handle the situation, but on the other hand it would be highly unusual on a real DOS PC.

So, make sure you're mounting a C: drive. If you need help with that then try following the "60 seconds guide" in the guides section of the forum.

Reply 6 of 6, by fleshwound_NPG

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THAT'S IT

Working now. Thanks. Can't believe I forgot that, so worried about mounting the cd drive I forgot c:\.

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