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Old 12-02-2013, 11:14 PM   #1
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When I try to run any game in Dosbox,I get an illegal command message.What is it and is there a way around it?Thanks.
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Old 13-02-2013, 07:45 AM   #2
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You've got to mount the drive / folder where your game is located, first. After that switch to that mounted drive. Otherwise DosBox can't find the EXE you type in and gives out that error message.
For example:

mount c c:\games\folderofagame
c:

Look also here for a good DosBox tutorial.
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Old 13-02-2013, 05:14 PM   #3
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Default Tried that,same result

what does"illegal command"mean anyway?
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Old 13-02-2013, 05:51 PM   #4
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what does"illegal command"mean anyway?
It means there's no executable file in the current directory (or %path%) with the same filename as the command you typed i.e. the command is not recognized i.e it's an illegal command.
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