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Sebastian Strohhäcker 2007-05-27 20:19:50 +00:00
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@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ 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 game/application can't find its CD-ROM.
Q: The game/application runs much too slow!
Q: Can DOSBox harm my computer?
@ -86,10 +87,10 @@ A: Press alt-enter. Alternatively: Edit the configuration file of DOSBox and
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 the most basic CD-ROM support:
To enable CD-ROM support:
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom
To enable low-level SDL-support:
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -noioctl
To enable low-level ioctl-support(win2k/xp/linux):
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl
To enable low-level aspi-support (win98 with aspi-layer installed):
@ -146,6 +147,12 @@ A: This is a known problem. It only occurs if your keyboard layout isn't US.
have a bug in the loader routines.
Q: The keyboard lags.
A: Lower the priority setting in the DOSBox configuration file
like set "priority=normal,normal". You might also want to
try lowering the cycles.
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.
@ -318,7 +325,7 @@ To get a list of the internal commands type "HELP" at the prompt.
In addition, the following commands are available:
MOUNT "Emulated Drive letter" "Real Drive or Directory"
[-t type] [-aspi] [-ioctl] [-usecd number] [-size drivesize]
[-t type] [-aspi] [-ioctl] [-noioctl] [-usecd number] [-size drivesize]
[-label drivelabel] [-freesize size_in_mb]
MOUNT -cd
MOUNT -u "Emulated Drive letter"
@ -346,7 +353,8 @@ MOUNT -u "Emulated Drive letter"
Sets the name of the drive to "drivelabel". Needed on some
systems if the cd label isn't read correctly. Useful when a
program can't find its cdrom. If you don't specify a label and no
lowlevel support is selected (-usecd # and/or -ioctl/aspi):
lowlevel support is selected (that is omitting the -usecd # and/or
-aspi parameters or specifying -noioctl):
For win32: label is extracted from "Real Drive".
For Linux: label is set to NO_LABEL.
@ -361,6 +369,9 @@ MOUNT -u "Emulated Drive letter"
Forces use of ioctl commands. Only valid if mounting a cdrom under
a Windows OS which support them (Win2000/XP/NT).
-noioctl
Forces use of the SDL cdrom layer. Valid on all systems.
-usecd number
Forces use of SDL cdrom support for drive number.
Number can be found by -cd. Valid on all systems.