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[dosraider]

Originally Posted by kittybrod

I hate going through the mount process for my CD rom. ...

mount d x:\ -t cdrom
That's it, not that hard I would think.
x:\ = your real CDdrive letter under Win.
Always mount your CDdrive as D, some games will only accept D as CDdrive, and always install your game IN dosbox. If it looks for a CD it will find it then, some store the CDdrive letter in a whatever.cfg file

Originally Posted by kittybrod

... when they finished installing through WinXP they did the sound setup and found Soundblaster

XP has a basic SB emulation, problem is that the config params aren't the same as the SB emulated in dosbox.

For Darksun it runs best in dosbox configured as:
Run sound to configure sound params,
Answer no when asked if you want to use two soundcards and choose:
SB PRO 16 ASP
Do NOT accept default settings but choose:

adr 220
IRQ 7
DMA 1

[Mighty Midget]

Seeing you say your computer is peaking on the mem usage: Could you post the specs of your pc? DOSBox is resource hungry, and if your pc is at the low end, that might explain a few things.

[kittybrod]

Originally Posted by Mighty Midget

Seeing you say your computer is peaking on the mem usage: Could you post the specs of your pc? DOSBox is resource hungry, and if your pc is at the low end, that might explain a few things.

I have attached a jpg of my system specs box, let me know if you need something else. I just didn't feel like typing everything in (sorry about that I have a headache right now)

Originally Posted by dosraider

mount d x:\ -t cdrom
That's it, not that hard I would think.
x:\ = your real CDdrive letter under Win.
Always mount your CDdrive as D, some games will only accept D as CDdrive, and always install your game IN dosbox. If it looks for a CD it will find it then, some store the CDdrive letter in a whatever.cfg file


XP has a basic SB emulation, problem is that the config params aren't the same as the SB emulated in dosbox.

For Darksun it runs best in dosbox configured as:
Run sound to configure sound params,
Answer no when asked if you want to use two soundcards and choose:
SB PRO 16 ASP
Do NOT accept default settings but choose:

adr 220
IRQ 7
DMA 1

It isn't hard to do, it is hard for me to REMEMBER, then I have to go through and find the readme or find the instructions in the help and then try to remember (I have a VERY bad memory) I will also try to install both the games in dosbox, and the thing is I tried with menzo today (but not from CD so it wouldn't complete) and I didn't get any red on it, it said my system was okay, yet when I did it under XP it said I needed more extended memory

I will try doing this with them and seeing if I can't get ONE to run at least, though today I was distracted by lands of lore.

Thanks again for the help, and I will try what you have suggested tomorrow (if I can tear myself away from Lands of Lore long enough) and get back to you on whether that works or not. I have just been wanting to reply DarkSun and I never got to finish Menzo from what I rememeber, I don't know why.

[AlumiuN]

Well, your computer is officially twice as good as mine. Anyway, Menzo won't say you have enough extended memory if you are running it in XP, as XP doesn't give DOS programs extended memory, only expanded memory (or vice versa).

[kittybrod]

Originally Posted by AlumiuN

Well, your computer is officially twice as good as mine. Anyway, Menzo won't say you have enough extended memory if you are running it in XP, as XP doesn't give DOS programs extended memory, only expanded memory (or vice versa).

Thanks, I hadn't realized that XP would do that.

[Eagle of Fire]

It isn't hard to do, it is hard for me to REMEMBER,

Write it down?

[kittybrod]

Originally Posted by Eagle of Fire

Write it down?

I would, but then I lose the paper... I have done that before... There is no telling how many slips of paper ther eare in my room that have info I wrote down so I won't forget it, but then they fly off my desk, I put them someplace I will remember them, then promptly forget them... etc...

[kittybrod]

Originally Posted by dosraider

mount d x:\ -t cdrom
That's it, not that hard I would think.
x:\ = your real CDdrive letter under Win.
Always mount your CDdrive as D, some games will only accept D as CDdrive, and always install your game IN dosbox. If it looks for a CD it will find it then, some store the CDdrive letter in a whatever.cfg file


XP has a basic SB emulation, problem is that the config params aren't the same as the SB emulated in dosbox.

For Darksun it runs best in dosbox configured as:
Run sound to configure sound params,
Answer no when asked if you want to use two soundcards and choose:
SB PRO 16 ASP
Do NOT accept default settings but choose:

adr 220
IRQ 7
DMA 1

Okay, i have gotten Menzo to work using this, though I STILL get that gravis error, it doesn't seem to affect my sound or anything...

I just need to finish creating my characters then try Darksun using this. Thanks

EDIT: I just did it using Darksun and that works, so now I have three games to play Thanks for your help.

[dosraider]

Originally Posted by kittybrod

Okay, i have gotten Menzo to work using this, though I STILL get that gravis error, it doesn't seem to affect my sound or anything...

Open dosboxconfig and set GUS=FALSE under header [GUS], this should avoid that error message.

Originally Posted by kittybrod

EDIT: I just did it using Darksun and that works, so now I have three games to play Thanks for your help.

You're welcome, enjoy them.

[kittybrod]

Originally Posted by dosraider

Open dosboxconfig and set GUS=FALSE under header [GUS], this should avoid that error message.


You're welcome, enjoy them.

Thanks, I will try that. I get that gravis error with Darksun as well.. but not Lands of Lore... Oh well, it doesn't impact anything I can find. I have been playing Lands of Lore and Menzo today. Dark sun will have to wait as it is a bit harder for me to control through dosbox (does .72 have a way of resizing the dosbox window to something OTHER than fullscreen?)


Thanks for all your help everyone