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    Request : Help on Dos box

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    • quicksilverQ
      quicksilver @escc1986
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      @escc1986 what format is the CD image? Is it an .iso?

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        escc1986 @quicksilver
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        @quicksilver

        It was an ISO

        I extracted the ISO

        To get all the files inside including the .EXE

        So not an ISO , just all the files inside of the folder labeled "willy"

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          escc1986
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          I Apologize

          I guess I should of mentioned

          I'm using retropie

          Includes Emulation station

          With the dosbox emulation I'm using for the PC games

          All my other dos games work fine but then again I don't have any CD format games only Floppy game files

          So I guess I don't know how to install this CD based Games
          " The Adventures of Willy Bemish "

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            escc1986
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            If anyone is curious

            Here is a video of my problem

            https://dropmefiles.com/tiqam

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              escc1986
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              Hi

              Im In Need Of Some Help

              I'm Using Retropie , With Emulationstation ( an Image I Grabbed online)

              Under my PC Games Menue I have a ton of games , all dos floppy games no CD Games
              (On PC under /roms/PC All games Are in there folder and at the root each game has a .bat file for it to be shown to run the game

              I Want to install a CD game ( The Adventures of Willy Bemish)

              I'm not sure how to do this

              I have the game in a folder (no ISO) lots of files including the WILLY.exe file

              I then make a .bat for the game and place it the root of the /roms/pc

              I then place the willy folder (Game file ) also in the root of the directory /roms/pc

              I restart emulationstation

              Now it shows up 2 Willy files to choose in PC games menu

              I click the 1sr one , nothing happens , it loads then returns to me the menu

              I click the 2nd, it loads and brings up the installation screen , (i didn't know what to do , I just pressed continue and it said install complete ... then it returned to the PC games menu

              Now I click the 1st Willy again and nothing happens , loads and reruns me to the menu

              I'm New to all this and not sure what I'm doIng wrong

              Hope someone will be able to Help me

              Here is a link of a video of my issue

              https://dropmefiles.com/tiqam

              Hope someone is able to help

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @escc1986
                last edited by mitu

                @escc1986 Please don't post multiple topics for the same problem. I've merged your new topic with the previous one.
                When posting a support topic, please add the info requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first to your post.

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                • quicksilverQ
                  quicksilver
                  last edited by

                  You don't want to extract the files from the iso. We need to mount the .iso as if it's loaded in a CD ROM drive. Probably best to start over, what are the original files you are working with? Can you post a picture of the directories?

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                    escc1986 @mitu
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                    @mitu

                    I do apologize for the repost , I felt I didn't explain myself well enough in the first post

                    Thank you for the help to merge

                    I do apologize for the mistake

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                      escc1986 @quicksilver
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                      @quicksilver

                      Ok I'm kind of confused ...

                      Don't know what or how to mount

                      and not sure what you meant about the ISO

                      Here is a picture of the directory of my willy folder now

                      https://dropmefiles.com/G1JG3

                      If you could explain step by step on what I should do would help me a lot

                      Thank you for the replys to help

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                        escc1986 @escc1986
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                        @escc1986

                        I guess you could say another BIG issue I'm having

                        Is

                        I don't know how to get to the command line of Dos box ?

                        Or I don't know how to launch dos box to get the command line

                        Because if i need to mount something I'm sure in need the command line in dos box

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @escc1986
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                          @escc1986 said in Request : Help on Dos box:

                          Or I don't know how to launch dos box to get the command line

                          The first entry in the pc system is +Start DOSbox - this is what you can run to get a DosBox command line.

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                            escc1986 @mitu
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                            @mitu

                            Alright from my Main Retropie screen

                            I pressed start then
                            "Quit Emulationstation"

                            I then was in command line

                            I typed : +Start DOSbox

                            and it said command it found

                            Here is picture (please let me know what I did wrong )

                            https://dropmefiles.com/bLsAE

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                              mitu Global Moderator @escc1986
                              last edited by mitu

                              @escc1986 said in Request : Help on Dos box:

                              Alright from my Main Retropie screen
                              I pressed start then
                              "Quit Emulationstation"

                              Who said anything about quitting EmulationStation ? You go to the PC (or MSDOS) system in EmulationStation, where you have copied your game, and there you have the +Start DOSBox entry:

                              51270c38-2173-4078-a69f-22cce4694cd1-image.png

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                                escc1986 @mitu
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                                @mitu

                                My Apologias

                                Unfortunately I do not have that option when I see go into the PC Menu

                                https://dropmefiles.com/3wcfU

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                                • quicksilverQ
                                  quicksilver @escc1986
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                                  @escc1986 did you configure this image yourself? Or is this a pre-configured image that you downloaded with games already on it?

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                                    escc1986 @quicksilver
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                                    @quicksilver

                                    This was an already made image

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                                      escc1986
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                                      Ok ... I found out how to start dosbox on my retropie

                                      "Quit Emulationstation"

                                      I then typed

                                      cd /opt/retropie/emulators/dosbox/bin (enter)

                                      Then I pressed : sudo ./dosbox (enter) To start dosbox

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                                      • quicksilverQ
                                        quicksilver @escc1986
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                                        @escc1986 we can't support third party images. See: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

                                        If you want troubleshooting help youll need to start with the official stock image. Otherwise you'll need to ask the that image's creator for help.

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                                          escc1986
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                                          think you could still help me , im just a noob at this and it shoulnt be that hard .

                                          ok ... i encounter another issue

                                          i entered Dosbox command

                                          the keyboard is typing different keys ... so the keyboard is messed up

                                          here is my config file for dosbox

                                          https://dropmefiles.com/gvDUp

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                                            escc1986
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                                            ok if i made a new image by myself ... and encounter this same problem ... would you help me ... when i get to that point

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