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12-04-2009 10:21 AM

dosraider

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Originally Posted by Hoppit

Thanks for the tip. Thanks not so much for the condescension. Of course I went to the readme. It isn't much help for non-fulltime computer nerds.

You did NOT read the dosbox readme.
NOT.
The answer to your question is in there, as quoted by Luchsen.
I'm not having a attitude towards you, I'm simply telling you to read the f*cking readme and the dosbox howtos.

Had you done that you wouldn't have to ask your questions, and you certainly wouldn't try to mount your windows dir as virtual C.

12-04-2009 09:05 AM

Luchsen

The readme has the non-fulltime computer nerds in mind.

Quote:

Originally Posted by the DOSBox readme"

Note: If a name/command/configfile/languagefile contains a space, put the whole name/command/configfile/languagefile between quotes ("command or file name").

...under section 3, Usage, which is "an overview of the command line options you can give to DOSBox".

12-04-2009 09:04 AM

Eagle of Fire

You are probably not trying hard enough then, because DOS is a big deal simplier to work with than modern OSes.

That's probably your problem right here: stop thinking about complicated processes and think simple. DOSBox don't work with spaces? That's how DOS worked back in the days. Just don't use spaces, and keep all your file names under the 8 character maximum.

Simple.

12-04-2009 06:25 AM

Hoppit

Thanks for the tip. Thanks not so much for the condescension. Of course I went to the readme. It isn't much help for non-fulltime computer nerds.

12-04-2009 06:09 AM

dosraider

Don't use your Windows dir, bad idea.
Simply create a new one, avoid spaces, or else use " " ,something as:
mount c "x:\i like spaces and i can't live without them"
And you could read the howto or the dosbox readme.

12-04-2009 04:33 AM

Hoppit

I'm trying to mount my games directory in Windows, but DOSbox freaks out about the path and says it doesn't exist. Can it not handle spaces in directory names?

04-04-2009 12:42 PM

chainsoar

Russ is right, it's actually easy as pie. Even the slightly more advanced stuff isn't too hard once you get to grips with it.

03-04-2009 10:40 PM

_r.u.s.s.

no it is, those tutorials are only confusing

27-03-2009 10:52 AM

majorka

Thanks. It's apparently not as simple as it looks,so I will try to read through this site you refered to.

27-03-2009 10:43 AM

The Fifth Horseman

You did nothing wrong... because you did nothing at all.

A Beginner's guide to DOSBox might come in very handy in explaining what and how to do.

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