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Old 24-04-2008, 11:20 PM   #1
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Default can't get ascendancy to play on dosbox.

I got help here about a year ago for this problem. A guy from Zagrab solved it for me.

I installed Ascendancy and dosbox, but I can't get it to mount the e drive (cdrom) to my c drive which is where I have mounted the c:\ascend.
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Old 24-04-2008, 11:34 PM   #2
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Every time I try to mount the drive I get a failure.

mount c c:\ascend

drive C mounted as local directory c:\ascend\

mount c e:\ -t cdrom

MSCDEX
Drive c already mounted with local directory C:\ascend\


so I try

mount d e:\ -t cdrom
Drive d is mounted as CDROM e:\

mount d c:\ascend\ -t cdrom

MSCDEX failure Drive letters of multi cdrom drives must be continious
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Old 24-04-2008, 11:52 PM   #3
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It is quite normal that it doesn't work. What exactly are you trying to do? I'll type it in for you.

You could also simply try to drop the c in
Quote:
mount c e:\ -t cdrom
and write instead
Quote:
mount e -t cdrom
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Old 25-04-2008, 12:36 AM   #4
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Ok, my cd drive is e:

Ascend is saved on my c: as C:\ascend

So I have to mount a hard drive (c and then it has to read it off the CD.

I had it written down but lost it in my last move, I know it isn't alot of typing but I can't remember after I mount the e drive how to get the C: to read from it. If I mount c c:\ascend it will load and up the logic factory info and then it asks for the cd to be inserted.
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Old 25-04-2008, 01:41 AM   #5
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Well then, I think your mistake is that you forgot the double coma. You should write "mount d: c:\ascend -t cdrom" instead.
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Old 25-04-2008, 10:28 AM   #6
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Not very clear all .... do you have the CD weavka32?
If yes, those are -(probably)- your mount lines:
mount c c:\ascend
mount d e:\ -t cdrom
c:
cd ascend

That puts you in c:\ascend with CDDrive E mounted as D:
However, if you installed the game from CD you must use the same drive letter as the one you used when installing the game.
Example, if you used E your CD mount becomes:
mount e e:\ -t cdrom
We can't know what letters you used.
In the worst case, start over from scratch and reinstall the game.
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Old 25-04-2008, 11:20 AM   #7
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Yes I have the cd installed from drive e (cdrom) onto my drive c (harddrive)

I used the
mount c c:\ascend
mount d e:\ -t cdrom
c: cd ascend
and got a "unable to change to: ascend." message


Then got the same message using
mount e e:\ -t cdrom
c: cd ascend


I even tried mount e -t cdrom and got some usage error.

Thanks for the help by the way, this dosbox thing drives me nuts when I have to use a cd...
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Old 25-04-2008, 11:21 AM   #8
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Oh and I tried using the double comma e: e: -t cdrom and got excatly the same message as with out it. I have reinstalled twice the game is fine it is just how dosbox reads my code.
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Old 25-04-2008, 03:31 PM   #9
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Ah the joy of ol'games and peeps that mixup the paths.

Lets try this the usual way, meaning you mount a folder as virtual C in dosbox, it's still the best way to get things working.

Whilst in Windows create a folder c:\oldgames\
Drag drop your c:\ascend folder on it so you get:
c:\oldgames\ascend\

Now run dosbox and input:

mount c c:\oldgames
mount d e:\ -t cdrom
c:
cd ascend

That should do it IF you used D as cd-letter when installing the game.

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Or simply start from scratch, maybe it's for the best as you have the CD.
Delete your old c:\ascend folder.

Whilst in Windows create a folder c:\oldgames\
Run dosbox and input:


mount c c:\oldgames
mount d e:\ -t cdrom
d:

Install from D to C:\ascend -(that's in dosbox, dosbox will regard c:\oldgames as C: , in windows it will look as c:\oldgames\ascend)-

Next time you wanna play:
Run dosbox and input:

mount c c:\oldgames
mount d e:\ -t cdrom
c:
cd ascend
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Old 27-04-2008, 10:54 PM   #10
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nope still doesn't work, I get a unable to change to :ascend message just like I did last time I tried that method. Like I stated in the other post I saved the game on the the C: since I don't have a D:. When I try to it with a C: instead of a D: I get, something was already mounted to this local drive.
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