Can I play DOS games in DOSBox withoutthe CD?

[eeefresh]

I am sure this is a really easy problem to fix, but I have to say I am stumped.

I have installed DOSBox and have it set up to automount my game directory. I downloaded some abandonware games that supposedly run great with DOSBox. However, when I try to run the exe file, it prompts me to enter the game CD, whcih I obviously don't have. What can I do to play these games?

[pieisgood4589]

I am sure this is a really easy problem to fix, but I have to say I am stumped.

I have installed DOSBox and have it set up to automount my game directory. I downloaded some abandonware games that supposedly run great with DOSBox. However, when I try to run the exe file, it prompts me to enter the game CD, whcih I obviously don't have. What can I do to play these games?

Hmmmm, I don't know, but usually (I'm not sure you can do this in DOS but) you could get an iso mounter, download the games ISO file, mount it, and play it...

[FranMichaels]

The answer is yes.
DOSBox has built in iso support, so if you back up your own CD with gnome cd/dvd or whatever, DOSBox can use it.

As for a rip, meaning you have the data on from the cd-rom, you can have dosbox mount that folder as a CD drive and treat it as such.

In dosbox type


intro mount

and

intro cdrom

For syntax and examples.

Good luck, but it's worth mentioning you won't get as much help if you don't have the original game media. The one you downloaded could be a bad rip.

[eeefresh]

Well, I downloaded three games, but all were rar files, not iso files. I just unzipped them. I know they work in Windows (all you have to do is drag the exe file onto the dosbox.exe file to get them to run in XP)

So in Ubuntu, do I need to first turn them into iso files before playing?

[FranMichaels]

If it works in DOSBox in windows, should be the same in Ubuntu.

Instead, right click the exe (that you dragged dropped in windows) and choose open with -> dosbox (you may have to choose custom command once, type dosbox)

That should do it!

P.S. You may have to remove the mount c thing you added in your .dosboxrc or dosbox.conf. It will mount the folder automatically when you do the right click open with thing.

[eeefresh]

That worked, thanks!