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derekm
Tue Aug 11th, 2009, 08:25 AM
dont hate! hha I am jonesing to play this cpu game "street rod" I used to play in school. I dl'd DOSBOX and the game folder with all contents. I was trying to figure out the mount and all that stuff, basically I have dos box & game folder on my desktop. How to I load the game using dosbox? Thanks!
MetaLord 9
Tue Aug 11th, 2009, 08:34 AM
Bad Command or File Name
:D
DavidofColorado
Tue Aug 11th, 2009, 08:34 AM
You could just load it from a command box.
Ricky
Tue Aug 11th, 2009, 08:43 AM
You could just load it from a command box.
That's not "DOS". DOS games likely require exclusive access to the hardware of the machine, which windows will not give without a special setup.
I have no clue how dosbox works though... I would just use a Virtual PC and load real DOS on it.
McVaaahhh
Tue Aug 11th, 2009, 08:45 AM
Ha, I remember Street Rod. That game was the shit!
Devaclis
Tue Aug 11th, 2009, 08:58 AM
Street Rod is awesome!
Download VMWARE for free.
Load DOS 5.2 or 6.0 on it
Copy the Street Rod folder to the Root of the C: on the Virtual DOS VM
Run the StreetRod executible. file.
dirkterrell
Tue Aug 11th, 2009, 09:02 AM
Download VMWARE for free.
VirtualBox blows VMWare out of the water. :)
Dirk
TurboGizzmo
Tue Aug 11th, 2009, 10:37 AM
http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/IMGMOUNT
Ricky
Tue Aug 11th, 2009, 10:38 AM
VirtualBox blows VMWare out of the water. :)
Dirk
What makes it better? I don't have experience with either. I've always used Virtual PC and HyperV.
dirkterrell
Tue Aug 11th, 2009, 11:02 AM
What makes it better?
It gives me a chance to bug Dana. :)
I like the interface and the performance is about as close to native as you can get. I've tried a variety of the virtualization products over the years (was a beta tester for the original version of VMWare) and this one just works. I've used it to run Windows on Linux, Linux on Windows, Solaris on Linux, and OS/2 on Linux. No hiccups. No hassle.
Dirk
Devaclis
Tue Aug 11th, 2009, 11:06 AM
I have been playing with it all morning.
Setup a virtual print server, license server, a small file server, and a Windows 7 install.
Pretty nice so far. Runs well on a laptop with 4 Gb of RAM :)
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