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First post, by skwatter

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Hello

I'm trying to get my cdrom version of Star Wars: Dark Forces to run in dosbox on my windows xp computer. I have the actual cd rom (not a downloaded copy). the game is installed correctly on my computer.
i have read many faqs on mounting cd drives but nothing has worked for me. my cd drive is e:\. if it matters, the installed directroy of the game is c:\dark.

i put the cd in the drive (e:\) and fire up dosbox (0.72)
i type:
mount d e:\ -t cdrom -ioctl
and it says
mscdex installed.
drive d is mounted as CDRom e:\
i don't know what to do beyond this point. did i miss something or do i have to do more?

please help. i want to buy "under a killing moon" and would like to know how to get cdroms to work in dosbox.

🙁

Reply 2 of 14, by MiniMax

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Did you read my 60 seconds guide?

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Reply 3 of 14, by skwatter

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how could i do that?
could i just access the cd from my computer, click and drag the install.exe to dosbox?

i have trouble understanding the 60 second guide.

Reply 4 of 14, by skwatter

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if my cd drive is e:\, do i have to put it as d:\ like the 60 second guide says?
because d is my archival hard drive isn't it?

Reply 5 of 14, by skwatter

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ok i i did exactly what the guide said, but step 5 says that the prompt needs to be z:\
my prompt stays as c:\ hence the last step in step 4.

how can i change it back to z:\? do i have to mount another drive?
do i have to quit dos box and start all over?

also, it says that mounting c:\ is not recommmended. please mount a subdirectory next time.

what should i do? 🙁

Reply 6 of 14, by skwatter

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in step 5, is d: refering to my cd drive?
should i change it to e:?

i'm clueless

Reply 7 of 14, by Dominus

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do exactly the same again. You did not do step 1 and step 4 exactly if Dosbox tells you that mounting c is not recommended.

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Reply 8 of 14, by Dominus

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in step 5, is d: refering to my cd drive?
should i change it to e:?

No. Once you've done the mount commands in 4. the only drives you have IN Dosbox are c:\, d:\ and z:\

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Reply 9 of 14, by MiniMax

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skwatter wrote:

ok i i did exactly what the guide said, but step 5 says that the prompt needs to be z:\
my prompt stays as c:\ hence the last step in step 4.

Thanks for spotting that error skwatter. I have changed the text so it now correct shows C:

Please try again.

skwatter wrote:

also, it says that mounting c:\ is not recommmended. please mount a subdirectory next time.

what should i do? 🙁

That warning only comes up if you do something like this:
mount C C:\
If you do a mount C "C:\some\directory" you will not get the warning.

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Reply 10 of 14, by skwatter

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i got it to work!

now if only under a killing moon could be this simple.
i have to switch cds in the middle of game play!
to do that i would play the game until i needed the next cd, then i would insert the next cd, then i would go ctrl f4 and that should do it?

Reply 11 of 14, by MiniMax

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Yes. If you want to take the CD swapping to the next level, then you can create copies (BIN/CUE images) of the CD's, save the images to your hard-disk, and use the imgmount to mount them with. Then you don't need to physically swap the CD's, just hit Ctrl-F4 and DOSBox will use the next image.

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Reply 12 of 14, by skwatter

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ok, i got under a killing moon.
now i need to install it in dosbox. i have all the files in iso format.
how would i mount them with imgmount?

Reply 13 of 14, by collector

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skwatter wrote:

how would i mount them with imgmount?

It's in the README.

Reply 14 of 14, by skwatter

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ok, i installed the game and got everything working perfectly, sound, graphics, everything. i did it in a different way then what you guys said, though.
i just took the isos i made and mounted them in a virtual drive, (daemon tools, alcohol 120%) and set up the drives that daemon specified in dosbox. i didn't use imgmount at all, and to change cds, i just mount the next iso in the j:\ drive on daemon tools, and the game itself automatically starts it up.