DOSBox a free open source Cross-platform MS-DOS simulator using the SDL Library

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DOSBox is a free open source Cross-platform, MS-DOS simulator using the SDL library. It can simulate: 286/386 CPU reality and protection mode,/xms/ems file system, Tandy/hercules/cga/ega/vga/vesa graphics card and Soundblaster/gravis Ultra sound card.

This simulator is primarily developed for running DOS game software, but may also run other MS-DOS programs with DOSBox.

Installation

You must open the universe source (see How to add a source) to install DOSBox.

Terminal

DOSBox DOSBox. Prompts that appear after startup are z:\

Running Software in DOSBox

Mounting drives and folders: Mount command

See Z: \ Those familiar with MS-DOS and Command.com are ready to see C: \ Even a: \ will be surprised. DOSBox does not open C:\ by default. If you want to give one, we have to mount one on the virtual machine. In fact, this means that we have to create a directory for DOSBox that can be c:\.

(n.b. In the next example, throughout the document, we assume that a user is called "WikiUser." Replace this with your username.)

In a regular window, (not DOSBox), you can perform

$ mkdir ~/dos/c

This will create a/dos/c directory in your home directory. Let DOSBox use this as a c:\. Drive, execute the following commands in DOSBox:

Mount C/home/wikiuser/dos/c

DOSBox will ~/dos/c/content as a virtual c:\. In DOSBox you can run any DOS program in the folder. If these DOS programs are standalone executables, simply copy them to the ~/DOS/C subdirectory and run them within the DOSBox. For other programs, you may need their installer. Each of the details can refer to the Compatibility List.

Like this it can also mount removable disks, using only the path substitution of removable disks.

For further use of the Mount command in DOSBox, refer to the manual page of the command

Note that many examples in the official DOSBox correspond to MS-DOS or Windows. When you see a Windows-style path like C:\OLDGAMES, simply understand the Linux-style path. The results of these commands are the same.

Mount disk mirroring: "Imgmount" command

DOSBox May (in many cases be necessary) mount a disk image, using the Imgmount command. The most common is that we want to mount the disc image. Mount the disc image in DOSBox and execute the following commands in DOSBox:

Imgmount d/path/to/cd/image.iso-t ISO

For DOSBox virtual machines This will mount an ISO file as a CD-ROM.

Imgmount Command advanced can refer to its man page

Note that many examples in the official DOSBox correspond to MS-DOS or Windows. When you see a Windows-style path like C:\OLDGAMES, simply understand the Linux-style path. The results of these commands are the same.