From 78c9d2a8a3babf382577c18e2e331f806dee3110 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Veenstra Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 19:15:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated README to include note Imported-from: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/dosbox/code-0/dosbox/trunk@1297 --- README | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 048555a4..a13f30f9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,19 @@ DOSBox v0.60 +===== +NOTE: +===== + +While we hope that, one day, DosBox will run virtually all programs +ever made for the PC...we are not there yet. At present, DosBox run on a 1 +Gigahertz PC is roughly the equivalent of a 16MHz 386 PC. While the 0.60 +release has added support for "protected mode" allowing for more complex and +recent programs, but note that this support is early in development and +nowhere near as complete as the support for 386 real-mode games (or +earlier). Also note that "protected mode" games need substantially more +resources and may require a much faster processor for you to run it properly +in DosBox. + ====== Usage: ====== @@ -68,7 +82,8 @@ MOUNT -cd Sets the size of the drive. -label drivelabel - Sets the name of the drive to "drivelabel". Useful when a + Sets the name of the drive to "drivelabel". Needed on some + systems if the cd label isnt read correctly. Useful when a program can't find its cdrom. -aspi @@ -86,9 +101,6 @@ MOUNT -cd -cd Displays all detected cdrom drives and their numbers. Use with -usecd. - -label name - Set the cd label to the given name. Needed on some systems if the cd label isnt read correctly. - Note: It's possible to mount a local directory as cdrom drive. Hardware support is then missing. @@ -100,7 +112,9 @@ MOUNT -cd 3. To mount system cdrom drive at mountpoint /media/cdrom as cdrom drive D in dosbox: mount d /media/cdrom -t cdrom -usecd 0 - + 4. To mount a drive with 870 mb free diskspace (rarely needed! experts only): + mount c d:\ -size 4025,127,16513,1700 + MEM Program to display the amount of free memory. @@ -108,15 +122,19 @@ CONFIG [-writeconf] [-writelang] localfile Write the current configuration or language settings to file. "localfile" is located on the local drive !!! -LOADFIX [-option] [programname] [parameters] +LOADFIX [-size] [program] [program-parameters] +LOADFIX -f Program to "eat up" memory. Useful for old programs which don't expect much memory to be free. - -[size] number of kb to "eat up", default = 64kb + -size + number of kb to "eat up", default = 64kb - -f frees all previously allocated memory + -f + frees all previously allocated memory - Examples: + +Examples: 1. To start mm2.exe and allocate 64kb memory : loadfix mm2 2. To start mm2.exe and allocate 32kb memory :