Can't run Shadow of the Comet. Help!

[level1900]

Hi all.

I downloaded the Shadow of the Comet Multilingual ISO Demo by nanette and I'm having trouble running it. When trying to run alone it says "Not ready to read drive D" and hangs up, and if I try running in DOSbox it gets stuck on a low-res dos screen with a flashing C:\> an I can't type anything. If I try running install.exe it says "Install path must be C:\infogram\shadow.cd", I tried manually creating that folder and copying all files in there and by doing that install works but nothing I can do in the install program makes the game run.

What do I do?

[Meddle]

I dunno, I'd have to try it out myself.

[Scaryfun]

Try this - http://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?sho ... 4&letter=S
set the CD label as "SHADOWCD" when mounting it in order for the game to install:
mount d /mount/point -t cdrom -label SHADOWCD

[hfric]

Shadow of the Comet , Fascination and B.A.T 2 CD are games that must by mounted within Dosbox , using ''mount'' command

I think the same goes with ''Robinson's Requiem'' and ''Deus''

[level1900]

Try this - http://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?sho ... 4&letter=S
set the CD label as "SHADOWCD" when mounting it in order for the game to install:
mount d /mount/point -t cdrom -label SHADOWCD

NOTE: I just realized the zip file contains an ISO file, but for some reason winRAR let me open it as an archive (even had the books icon), so I assumed it was an archive in another archive and didn't know it was an ISO. I mounted it with daemon tools but no luck.

I'm having trouble understanding how to use the 'mount' command in DOSbox. Can you guys explain it to me? (herp derp )

[Shattered]

@level1900:

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http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/MOUNT

You can also use D-Fend Reloaded:

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http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/

It's DOSBox with a GUI. Mount the image in DAEMON Tools and use the wizard in D-Fend Reloaded to add the game + DT virtual drive.

[Meddle]

I though you might appreciate how this should look in the DOSBox config file. The following is from my config file's autoexec section at the bottom of said config file.

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[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.

mount a f:\dos\floppy\ -t floppy
mount c f:\dos\virtualhd\ -freesize 1500
mount d h:\ -t cdrom -ioctl_dx -label SHADOWCD

I use daemon tools to mount images and then mount the virtual drive in DOSBox. Doing it this way is only really necessary for images that aren't *.ISO or BIN/CUE.
The breakdown for commands follows.

The use of "mount" is obvious.
"d" is the drive I want it to appear as.
"h:\" is the mounted Daemon Tools virtual drive.
"-t cdrom" is how I want the virtual drive to behave in DOSBox.
"-ioctl_dx" this option is necessary for me since I'm using Windows 7x64. I have never needed to use the preceding command "-usecd 0", but perhaps I just haven't run into a game that needs it.
"-label" is not always necessary, but seems to be in this case. The game I usually play "Daggerfall" must use this option. This is why I already have all that set up.

I hope that explanation is useful.

[level1900]

Thanks guys for the explanations. Still, I have a working floppy version of SotC, I think it's not worth going through all that sweat just to get voice acting to work, I may just stick to the floppy one.

I mean, if anyone can think of an easier way, post away and I'll be more than happy

[hfric]

ok so just for the lulz got the ISo mounted it in DT and booted dosbox and it works fine

[level1900]

ok so just for the lulz got the ISo mounted it in DT and booted dosbox and it works fine

Yes but you're a wizard, Harry