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Freesize and CDrom?

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First post, by Achtman

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Hello!

I am currently trying to install Command & Conquer: Red Alert

Every time that I mount the drive normally it says insert the disk. Every time I mount the drive with the -t CDrom it says I don't have enough space. Every time I mount the drive with the -freesize it asks me to insert a disk. I tried just mounting the drive with both the -freesize and the -t CDrom commands, but it still asked me for more space.

Is this a game specific problem or can I not combine the two commands?

Reply 1 of 5, by Dominus

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It says? What says what?
And no freesize is not compatible with -t cdrom. A CD-Rom CANNOT have free space (meaning disk space to write to).
Did you also mount a folder?

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Reply 2 of 5, by Achtman

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Sorry I didn't clarify my bad 😐

It says= Command and Conquer, it successfully launches but straight to a "insert a disk now" screen when I mount the drive normally without -freesize or -t cdrom
Yes I mounted the folder that contains the launch files, and the folder also contains Dos-box.
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If I mount the drive normally and launch the game, it asks me to insert a disk
If I mount the drive with the -t cdrom then it clears the screen and tells me I need more memory. It then tells me to press any key and I am given back the prompt.

Thanks for trying to help 😁

PS: The manual has nothing helpful

Reply 4 of 5, by Yesterplay80

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Achtman, do you use actual CDs or ISO images for the game? If you are using CDs you should mount the drives like this:

mount c  <DRIVE:\SOME_FOLDER_ON_YOUR_HARDDRIVE_THAT_IS_NOT_C:>
imgmount D <YOUR_CDROM_DRIVE_LETTER:> -t cdrom -fs iso

For example, if you have or create a "Games" directory on your hard drive C: and have a CD-Rom drive as D:, this results in

mount c  C:\GAMES
imgmount D D: -t cdrom -fs iso

If you are using ISOs instead of CDs, change the "imgmount" command line to

imgmount D <DRIVE:\PATH_TO_WHERE_THE_ISO_LIES> -t iso -fs iso

So, assuming you have the ISOs stored in C:\ISOS and the ISO file names are CCRACD1.ISO and CCRACD2.ISO, you would use

imgmount D C:\ISOS\CCRACD1.ISO -t iso -fs iso

to mount only disc 1 and

imgmount D C:\ISOS\CCRACD1.ISO C:\ISOS\CCRACD2ISO-t iso -fs iso

to mount both discs, you can switch between the discs with CTRL+F4 in DosBox.

I hope that helps you a bit, for more inof refer to http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/IMGMOUNT

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Reply 5 of 5, by Achtman

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Wow thank you everyone for the quick responses it worked! 😁
Mounting two separate drives and mounting the ISO correctly worked! :d

Thanks again!