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Another newbish question

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First post, by sonofzeal

Posted on 2007-07-24, 15:13

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In the DOSBox 60-second guide, it says to use "mount D "D:\" -t cdrom -ioctl" to mount your CD drive. So far I've been using "mount D D:\" and things seem to be working fine. What exactly is the functional difference? Is the former more stable, faster, or allow more options? I don't like using commands unless I know what they do and why I should be using them.

Reply 1 of 1, by wd

Posted on 2007-07-24, 15:21

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-t cdrom mainly adds mscdex capabilities
-ioctl provides low-level access to the cdrom
Both may or may not be needed by a (cdrom) game.

Please read the README thing next time.

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