Cannot mount any drive as a floppy drive. \ VOGONS

Cannot mount any drive as a floppy drive.

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First post, by Guest

Posted on 2004-05-03, 05:25

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I've tried

mount a a:\ -t floppy
mount b b:\ -t floppy (I have a SuperDisk drive as my B drive)
mount a c:\ -t floppy
etc, etc.

and it only mounts the drive as a local directory. This prevents Dynamix's "Smart Start" installer from recognizing that it is on a floppy and giving me the option to copy the game (being Rise of the Dragon, on six floppies) to the Hard Drive.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Reply 1 of 4, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2004-05-03, 18:33

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I don't know why it is, but it should work.

mount a a:\ -t floppy

Reply 2 of 4, by Qbix

Posted on 2004-05-03, 18:45

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real floppy mounting is not supported.
Next version probably.

mounting a floppy as -t floppy enables some fake replys for installers.
But if they do real low level stuff..... then you are out luck till next version.

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Reply 3 of 4, by Guest

Posted on 2004-05-04, 01:44

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I can use the "mount a a:\ -t floppy" above, but when trying to install Minitab, I can read a:\, but then it doesn't know I have a hard drive even thought DosBox has C:\ mounted. Any clues?

Reply 4 of 4, by Guest

Posted on 2004-05-06, 21:39

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Qbix wrote:
real floppy mounting is not supported. Next version probably. […]
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real floppy mounting is not supported.
Next version probably.

mounting a floppy as -t floppy enables some fake replys for installers.
But if they do real low level stuff..... then you are out luck till next version.

Oh, that explains it. Well then I eagerly await the next version!

Thanks!

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