On Linux: /sbin/fdisk -l <filename>

ok. So I have found out that the values have to be 512,63,16,487.
Now I have tried out the following commands:

z: mount c "/home/kruwi/diskettenbox" (My Disk Images Folder)

This works. The folder is mounted as drive c:.

Then I type this:

imgmount d "/home/kruwi/diskettenbox/hdddosbochs.img" -size 512,63,16,487

This leads to the following error:

Can't create disk from file.

What am I doing wrong?

And how do I actually boot from the image if I finally manage to mount it. Please do not just tell me "have a look at the wiki" because this is what I have already done. This still seems to be difficult for me, although I have been using dosbox quite intensively for about 1 year ... .

Does one of those work?

imgmount ... -t hdd
imgmount ... -fs none

> And how do I actually boot from the image

boot -l c

Nothing's working yet.

So please: What do I have to do first:

Mount the folder containing the image? e.g.: mount c (?) "/home/kruwi/diskettenbox" ?

then imgmount the desired image? but how?

1. imgmount 3 (?) c (?) "/home/kruwi/diskettenbox/nameofimage" -size ...

or is it:
2. imgmount 3 (?) d (?) "c:\nameofimage" -size ... (as I have already mounted the folder als my "c:" drive?

????????

Actually one time something seemed to happen as dosbox closed (!) leaving the following error message in the console window: Speicherzugriffsfehler.

😠 😠 😠 😠 😠 😠

First: Do not load an external keyb if you want to boot. Instant crash.

There is also no need to mount the folder containing the image at all.

Example (one of my batch files):

imgmount c e:/transfer/dosspiele/w95.img -size 512,63,16,914
core normal
cycles 7000
boot -l c

Or:

imgmount 3 <file> -size ... -fs none
boot -l c

Maybe you could before any proceeding verify that the image is intact,
like booting it in bochs.

Ok, I finally got it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

😁 😁 😁 😁 😁

thanx (especially for the last post)

What was wrong? Keyb?

no, the problem was not related to keyb.

The solution was simple: Do not use "mount" at all to mount the folder containing the image, but straightly to mount the image using "imgmount".

Hm maybe something's wrong in there then.

Could you please try this:
z: mount c "/home/kruwi/diskettenbox" (My Disk Images Folder)
imgmount d c:\hdddosbochs.img" -size 512,63,16,487

(but rename/copy the image file beforehand so it has a short 8.3 name)

This will give me a "message not found" error. And I have no clue what this actually means ... .

update: Yes, You were right wd. It works, but I had to change the name of the image into "hdddos.img" --- actually a 8+3 filename.

😁 😁

message not found is nice as well
it means that we made typo somewhere. (It can't find the message string needed which are stored in DOSbox in array to make it possible to translate them)