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    Request : Help on Dos box

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    • quicksilverQ
      quicksilver @escc1986
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      @escc1986 it should run on dosbox just fine. Let me see if I can get it running and then I'll report back to you

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      • quicksilverQ
        quicksilver @escc1986
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        @escc1986 btw you can't install the game to drive C: because you already mounted your iso there. In other words you should imgmount to D: if you are going to install to C:

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          escc1986
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          Hi quicksilver

          Nice to hear back from you

          It should run fine , Thank you letting me know , I was having doubts

          Yes , I would love to hear if you got it working , I would appreciate that a lot , thanks for for going to test it out

          I having had luck

          And ok I will follow your direction with installing it to the D drive instead of C

          If you get it to work , hope you can make me a step by step guide

          Thank you once again

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          • quicksilverQ
            quicksilver @escc1986
            last edited by

            @escc1986 so try installing the game by following the commands you used above but instead of

            imgmount c "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/willy /willy.iso" -t iso -fs iso
            

            do:

            imgmount d "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/willy /willy.iso" -t iso -fs iso
            

            Then when it asks for the install location, choose C:

            once the game is installed the easiest way of running the game will be to make a .conf file for the game. Create a blank file named nameofgame.conf (name Willy or willy beamish or whatever as long as it is .conf extension). In the .conf file create a section that looks like this:

            [autoexec]
            # Lines in this section will be run at startup.
            mount c "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/"
            imgmount d "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/willy/willy.iso" -t iso
            c:
            cd willy
            willy.exe
            

            Obviously make sure that the file paths I listed above actually are the same as what is on your pi, if they arent the same then change what I wrote above so that they point to the right file correctly. Also make sure that you use upper/lower case exactly too.

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              escc1986
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              Wow you got it to work !!!! , that's amazing

              I'm going to try to give it a go

              Thanks for the simple instructions

              If I get stuck I will inform you

              Thank you once again for the instructions, means a lot

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                escc1986 @quicksilver
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                @quicksilver

                Hi quicksilver

                Did you get the game working ?

                I tried and I tried to follow your directions exactly how you instructed me

                I'm not sure what I did wrong

                The last try I attempted ,Froze my system

                I would try to boot my Pi back up and it wouldn't get to the main retropie menu it hanged and froze at command

                It made a dynamix folder in the Willy folder

                Had to delete that folder with every other thing thing that had to do with Willy to get the main menu on boot

                This games seems actually seems so weird to get running compared to other games

                Any more advice you may share with me ?

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                • quicksilverQ
                  quicksilver @escc1986
                  last edited by

                  @escc1986 are you using the stock pi image?

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                    escc1986
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                    Yes using the stock image

                    I guess I must be doIng something wrong

                    I must try again later today

                    Well let me ask you ...

                    When you start dosbox

                    Do you first

                    mount C

                    Then

                    Do the Imgmount

                    Because when I first did the imgmount , and tried to install it said that there was no C drive to install to

                    But when I did mount C first , then the imgmount it allowed me to install it on C

                    Please verfy what I should be doing first

                    I have the right steps but maby in doing them in a different order ?

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                      escc1986
                      last edited by

                      Wheni mentioned imgmount

                      You know I'm referring to

                      Imgmount D

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                      • quicksilverQ
                        quicksilver @escc1986
                        last edited by

                        @escc1986 yes sorry you should

                        mount c "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/"
                        

                        First, then imgmount the iso to the d drive

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                          escc1986 @quicksilver
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                          @quicksilver

                          Hi Quick Silver

                          It's been a long time and I must ask for your help once more ... I tried to follow your steps again but let's try to do it step by step

                          I have been out of the loop for a very long time and forgot everything

                          Please help me

                          So this time I'm trying to install Mad Dog

                          I have a Pi 3 B

                          Running a New Stock image

                          You can say I have been trying to follow your directions all day on this theard and haven't had luck with my game " Mad Dog "

                          Lets start at the beginning ....

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                            escc1986 @escc1986
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                            @quicksilver

                            First I downloaded the dos

                            PC folder pops up in my roms

                            I put a folder named "maddog"
                            ( with Mad Dog McCree.iso) in there

                            I Start Dosbox from the menue +Dosbox+

                            First thing I notice it says

                            Drive C is mounted "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/"

                            So the first thing I write is

                            imgmount d "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/maddog /Mad Dog McCree.iso" -t iso -fs iso

                            C:

                            Install Mad Dog McCree.iso

                            I get to the install page and it's says it's going to install is as

                            C:\maddog

                            So it completes

                            Note says to run press MADDOG

                            I'm back at dosbox

                            C:\MADDOG:

                            I type in MADDOG as show here

                            C:\MADDOG:MADDOG

                            The game runs

                            I followed your advice here as shown

                            About creating a .conf file with what you provided

                            So I restart emulation

                            I see 2 MADDOG files

                            I click them both

                            They both bring me to the command

                            I don't know what to do to run my game from here

                            The game only ran once , how come it won't start again , I thought I instlled it

                            Please help me , don't know what to do

                            Hope you could help

                            Thank you

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