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@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ Q: I've got a Z instead of a C at the prompt.
Q: Do I always have to type these commands? Automation?
Q: How do I change to fullscreen?
Q: My CD-ROM doesn't work.
Q: The game/application can't find its CD-ROM.
Q: The mouse doesn't work.
Q: There is no sound.
Q: The sound stutters or sounds stretched/weird.
Q: I can't type \ or : in DOSBox.
Q: The keyboard lags.
Q: The cursor always moves into one direction!
Q: The game/application can't find its CD-ROM.
Q: The game/application runs much too slow!
Q: The game/application does not run at all/crashes!
Q: Can DOSBox harm my computer?
@ -103,18 +103,43 @@ Q: My CD-ROM doesn't work.
A: To mount your CD-ROM in DOSBox you have to specify some additional options
when mounting the CD-ROM.
To enable CD-ROM support (includes MSCDEX):
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom
To enable low-level CD-ROM-support (uses ioctl if possible):
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0
To enable low-level SDL-support:
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -noioctl
To enable low-level aspi-support (win98 with aspi-layer installed):
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -aspi
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom (windows)
- mount d /media/cdrom -t cdrom (linux)
In some cases you might want to use a different CD-ROM interface,
for example if CD audio does not work:
To enable SDL-support (does not include low-level CD access!):
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -noioctl
To enable ioctl access using digital audio extraction for CD audio
(windows-only, useful for Vista):
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -ioctl_dx
To enable ioctl access using MCI for CD audio (windows-only):
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -ioctl_mci
To force ioctl-only access (windows-only):
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -ioctl_dio
To enable low-level aspi-support (win98 with aspi-layer installed):
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -aspi
In the commands: - d driveletter you will get in DOSBox
- f:\ location of CD-ROM on your PC.
- 0 The number of the CD-ROM drive, reported by mount -cd
See also the question: The game/application can't find its CD-ROM.
- 0 The number of the CD-ROM drive, reported by "mount -cd"
(note that this value is only needed when using SDL
for CD audio, otherwise it is ignored)
See also the next question: The game/application can't find its CD-ROM.
Q: The game/application can't find its CD-ROM.
A: Be sure to mount the CD-ROM with -t cdrom switch, this will enable the
MSCDEX interface required by DOS games to interface with CD-ROMs.
Also try adding the correct label (-label LABEL) to the mount command,
where LABEL is the CD-label (volume ID) of the CD-ROM.
Under Windows you can specify -ioctl, -aspi or -noioctl. Look at the
description of the mount command in Section 4 for their meaning and the
additional audio-CD related options -ioctl_dx, ioctl_mci, ioctl_dio.
Try creating a CD-ROM image (preferably CUE/BIN pair) and use the
DOSBox-internal IMGMOUNT tool to mount the image (the CUE sheet).
This enables very good low-level CD-ROM support on any operating system.
Q: The mouse doesn't work.
@ -160,9 +185,6 @@ A: This is a known problem. It only occurs if your keyboard layout isn't US.
6. Use ALT-58 for : and ALT-92 for \.
7. For \ try the keys around "enter". For ":" try shift and the keys
between "enter" and "l" (US keyboard layout).
8. Try keyb.com from FreeDOS (http://projects.freedos.net/keyb/).
Look for keyb2.0 pre4 as older and newer versions are known to
have a bug in the loader routines.
Q: The keyboard lags.
@ -178,19 +200,6 @@ A: See if it still happens if you disable the joystick emulation,
If you want to use the joystick in the game, try setting timed=false
and be sure to calibrate the joystick (both in your OS as well as
in the game or the game's setup program).
Q: The game/application can't find its CD-ROM.
A: Be sure to mount the CD-ROM with -t cdrom switch, this will enable the
MSCDEX interface required by DOS games to interface with CD-ROM's.
Also try adding the correct label (-label LABEL) to the mount command.
To enable lower-level CD-ROM support, add the following switch to mount:
-usecd #, where # is the number of your CD-ROM drive reported by mount -cd.
Under Windows you can specify -ioctl, -aspi or -noioctl. Look at the
description of the mount command in Section 4 for their meaning.
Try creating a CD-ROM image (preferably CUE/BIN pair) and use the
DOSBox-internal IMGMOUNT tool to mount the image (the CUE sheet).
This enables very good low-level CD-ROM support on any operating system.
Q: The game/application runs much too slow!
@ -236,7 +245,7 @@ A: DOSBox emulates several legacy sound devices:
- Adlib
Borrowed from MAME, this emulation is almost perfect and includes the
Adlib's ability to almost play digitized sound.
- SoundBlaster 16/ SoundBlaster Pro I & II /SoundBlaster I & II
- SoundBlaster 16 / SoundBlaster Pro I & II / SoundBlaster I & II
By default DOSBox provides Soundblaster 16 level 16-bit stereo sound.
You can select a different SoundBlaster version in the configfile of
DOSBox (See Internal Commands: CONFIG).
@ -385,7 +394,7 @@ MOUNT -u "Emulated Drive letter"
"Emulated Drive letter"
The driveletter inside DOSBox (eg. C).
"Real Drive letter (usually for CD-ROM's in Windows) or Directory"
"Real Drive letter (usually for CD-ROMs in Windows) or Directory"
The local directory you want accessible inside DOSBox.
-t type
@ -422,19 +431,29 @@ MOUNT -u "Emulated Drive letter"
Forces use of the aspi layer. Only valid if mounting a CD-ROM under
Windows systems with an ASPI-Layer.
-ioctl
-ioctl (automatic selection of the CD audio interface)
-ioctl_dx (digital audio extraction used for CD audio)
-ioctl_dio (ioctl calls used for CD audio)
-ioctl_mci (MCI used for CD audio)
Forces use of ioctl commands. Only valid if mounting a CD-ROM under
a Windows OS which support them (Win2000/XP/NT).
The various choices only differ in the way CD audio is handled,
preferrably -ioctl_dio is used (lowest workload), but this might not
work on all systems so -ioctl_dx (or -ioctl_mci) can be used.
-noioctl
-noioctl
Forces use of the SDL CD-ROM layer. Valid on all systems.
-usecd number
Forces use of SDL CD-ROM support for drive number.
Number can be found by -cd. Valid on all systems.
Valid on all systems, under windows the -noioctl switch has to be
present to make use of the -usecd switch.
Enables to select the drive that should be used by SDL. Use this if
the wrong or no CD-ROM drive is mounted while using the SDL CD-ROM
interface. "number" can be found by "MOUNT -cd".
-cd
Displays all detected CD-ROM drives and their numbers. Use with -usecd.
Displays all CD-ROM drives detected by SDL, and their numbers.
See the information at the -usecd entry above.
-u
Removes the mount. Doesn't work for Z:\.
@ -454,7 +473,7 @@ MOUNT -u "Emulated Drive letter"
MOUNT C D:\OLDGAMES will allow you to run Touche from the D drive.
Mounting your entire C drive with MOUNT C C:\ is NOT recommended! The same
is true for mounting the root of any other drive, except for CD-ROM's (due to
is true for mounting the root of any other drive, except for CD-ROMs (due to
their read-only nature). Otherwise if you or DOSBox make a mistake you may
lose all your files.
It is recommended to put all your applications/games into a subdirectory
@ -579,7 +598,9 @@ MIXER
mixer channel left:right [/NOSHOW] [/LISTMIDI]
channel
Can be one of the following: MASTER, DISNEY, SPKR, GUS, SB, FM.
Can be one of the following: MASTER, DISNEY, SPKR, GUS, SB, FM [, CDAUDIO].
CDAUDIO is only available if a CD-ROM interface with volume control is
enabled (CD image, ioctl_dx).
left:right
The volume levels in percentages. If you put a D in front it will be
@ -617,7 +638,7 @@ IMGMOUNT
Location of the image files to mount in DOSBox. Specifying a number
of image files is only allowed for CD-ROM images. The CD's can be
swapped with CTRL-F4 at any time. This is required for games which
use multiple CD-ROM's and require the CD to be switched during the
use multiple CD-ROMs and require the CD to be switched during the
gameplay at some point.
-t
@ -803,6 +824,8 @@ KEYB [languagecode [codepage [codepagefile]]]
4. To load codepage 858 (without a keyboard layout):
keyb none 858
This can be used to change the codepage for the FreeDOS keyb2 utility.
5. To display the current codepage and, if loaded, the keyboard layout:
keyb
@ -819,9 +842,9 @@ ALT-PAUSE Pause emulation.
CTRL-F1 Start the keymapper.
CTRL-F4 Change between mounted disk-images. Update directory cache for all drives!
CTRL-ALT-F5 Start/Stop creating a movie of the screen. (avi video capturing)
CTRL-F5 Save a screenshot. (png)
CTRL-F5 Save a screenshot. (PNG format)
CTRL-F6 Start/Stop recording sound output to a wave file.
CTRL-ALT-F7 Start/Stop recording of OPL commands.
CTRL-ALT-F7 Start/Stop recording of OPL commands. (DRO format)
CTRL-ALT-F8 Start/Stop the recording of raw MIDI commands.
CTRL-F7 Decrease frameskip.
CTRL-F8 Increase frameskip.
@ -947,6 +970,9 @@ in the [dos] section of the DOSBox configuration file can be used, or the
internal DOSBox program keyb.com. Both accept DOS conforming language codes
(see below), but only by using keyb.com a custom codepage can be specified.
The default keyboardlayout=auto currently works under windows only, the
layout is chosen according to the OS layout.
Layout switching
DOSBox supports a number of keyboard layouts and codepages by default,
in this case just the layout identifier needs to be specified (like