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Old 24-01-2011, 12:21 AM   #8
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NP. A little margin note:

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We can mount always the same virtual hard drive by default--where all our games will be accessible in individual folders--in our default file, and leave the rest of the commands for the configuration files particular to each game or profile; that way if we start DOSBox with the default configuration only, we still don't have to type in the mount command every time. Be warned however, that if we include the mount command for a C: drive in the default configuration, we won't be able to start games by dragging them onto the DOSBox shortcut, as the basic tutorial describes. (Because this auto-mounts the concerned folder as the C: virtual drive, but if that letter is already taken, an error happens. So we can include the mount command in every custom file to leave it outside the default one--specially if it's not the case that we have all our DOS games hanging from the same parent folder--or include there a mount command for a drive with a different letter than C:--although this may cause problems with some games). It's a matter of personal preference; I'll describe the first approach, but by now you'll know how to adapt it. An ideal solution, if you want to continue being able to drag'n drop, may be copying the default configuration file to your custom files folder along with the others, and replace in the shortcut parameters "-userconf" with "-conf dosbox.conf" (if this custom default file is named "dosbox.conf"). That way you can edit your custom dosbox.conf, and leave the other file unchanged as out of the box; so drag'n dropping can still work alongside your shortcuts.
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