Okay after Frodo disappeared (probably due to my mismanagement) I decided I'd just re-install and see if there is a way to play without having the original cd-rom in my drive.
I haven't found a method. However, I would like to state an easier,quicker method of installation. It saves you about 40 minutes of installation time. Assuming you have a GAMES folder...
Insert Cd Rom-Start DosBox
mount d d:\ -t cdrom
mount c c:\games
d:\
install
The installation will ask you if you want to install game files to hard drive, or game files AND movies. Select just the game files. It then asks where to install it to, leave the default (C:\lord-cd). This will put the files into c:\games\LORD-CD. After this step is complete, I would restart DosBox.
mount d d:\ -t cdrom
mount c c:\games\lord-cd
c:\
lord
I've tried numerous times to copy the game data into a "dummy folder" and run that folder as a cdrom by typing "mount d c:\lorddummy -t cdrom", then mounting the c drive to the Lord-Cd folder and trying to play the game with the c-drive folder acting as the cd-rom, but it just won't work! It skips and pops and the music doesn't work...
So the next test is to see if I can burn the CD-ROM data on to a CD-R, then use it as normal.
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