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Not enough space (HELP)

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First post, by MJ

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Okay, I am trying to install the 7th guest on my comp using dosbox but when I get to the part on the install screen where it says to pick a drive to install it to it tells me I haven't got enough free space to install it. Is there anything I can do?

Reply 1 of 8, by Qbix

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I think helping the readme of dosbox helps a lot.
(hint look at the mount command)

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Reply 2 of 8, by Guest

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Waht do you mean. Soryy I'm asking so many questions but I'm just trying to understand.

Reply 3 of 8, by mirekluza

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In the parameters of mount it is possible to specify how much free space will be reported.

Mirek

Reply 4 of 8, by HunterZ

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And it says how to do this in the readme file that is included with DOSBox.

Reply 5 of 8, by `Moe`

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Qbix wrote:

I think helping the readme of dosbox helps a lot.
(hint look at the mount command)

And so spoke the Lord of all Forums: Thou shalt not poste while thou art asleep 😀

Reply 6 of 8, by eL_PuSHeR

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E.g. mount c c:\ -freesize 850

That would create a C drive with 850MB capacity.

As stated, you have the following info in your README file (inside the folder where you installed DOSBox). Who would have guessed it? 😁

MOUNT "Emulated Drive letter" "Real Drive or Directory"
[-t type] [-aspi] [-ioctl] [-usecd number] [-size drivesize]
[-label drivelabel] [-freesize size_in_mb]

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Reply 8 of 8, by US60

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I have to admit, I found my info in the readme after I posted a question in the development forum and got it answered. There is a LOT of information in that file that can overwhelm the newcomer to DOSBox, but if you read the whole thing through without trying to scan over it too much, you will likely find what it is you need to know!

Thanks guys for your patience with us newcomers 😀