I am having problems with it as well, I have followed the instructions and have had no luck. I even tried some of my own ideas since I am pretty good at getting these things to work.
When I run it, I just get a black screen. My computer seems to be loading periodically, but nothing actually happens onscreen. No sound either, just black.
I am using the latest dosbox version, 0.65. I did try setting all the rates to 44100. I have not gone to dosbox.sourceforge.net, but I will probably check there soon.
Also, I cannot restart in pure dos mode without difficulty since I am using XP.
Thank you for your help with all this.
