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# Mount the image copy and a location with a Win95C (OSR 2.5) CD # Copy an empty 64 MB FAT-16 HDD image to 'Win95CD.img'

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SET SIZE = %Size256MB% Step 1: Make the Win95 Install CD Hard Drive image # # TODO: You must specify your Win95 and Game drive names and geometries. # Drive Geometries - DOSBOX must know the drive geometry to properly install Win95 and boot it

# cycles=max 80% is very fast but keeps my laptop fan from spinning wildly. # You need to set cputype=pentium_slow or Win95 thinks it's running on a 486 and won't install DirectX 8. # and can run at 1600x1200 or lower resolutions in high color modes. The S3 Trio 64 is the most modern GPU you can emulate, # 64MB is the maximum for normal DOSBox builds. # windowresolution=1600x1200 (if double the Win95 resolution, scaling this way looks fine) # output=ddraw seemed to provide the lowest GPU use with the ability to scale the output # DOSBox configuration file for Win95 on DOSBox Rather than replacing the steps in the same file, making a separate file for each different kind of boot makes it easy to go back and forth again later. This is the nf template I used for each step below. Instead, you can leave the Win95 image small and mount a second empty drive for each game that’s the right size to install the game to. I didn’t want to installing all of my games in the same Win95 image, which I could break easily, and I didn’t want a huge Win95 starting image to install each game. You have to boot from an “img” file in DOSBox to run Win95, but IMG files take up the whole drive size, not just the used space. Mount a second hard drive for each game # Instead, I copied my (trimmed) Win95 setup folder to an empty hard drive image and then mount it along with the DOS Boot Disk and target drive to start setup. The walkthroughs copy the install directory to the target hard drive, but that means the target drive must be larger.

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I couldn’t mount the Win95 ISO so a DOS boot disk would see it. My scripting in Step 1 below copies the correct file list. This also eliminated a few exceptions during the first boot.

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You can delete all of the files on the Win95C CD which aren’t on the Win95A CD to get the latest Win95 fixes, but without all of the optional software (IE, AOL, …). I saw the fewest unhandled exceptions and other problems with the last Win95 release. I’ve also packed up all of my DOSBox scripting, if you don’t want to copy and paste it from here. In addition to a Win95 CD ISO and key, you’ll need: Anyway, here are my terse, working steps for getting very nice Win95 DOSBox images. The walkthroughs online had some skippable steps and I ran into some problems, and then I got distracted optimizing it.

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Please note the other guide will not be helpful with Vista.I needed Windows to run SimTower, so I decided to try getting Win95 to run on DOSBox. Question: Why should I use DOSBOX instead of running MechWarrior 2 DOS straight?Īnswer: The jets recharge better, there are less crashes, and in some cases it will solve the rainbow world bug.Īnswer: Yes! There is no other reliable method to get Mech2 to run in Vista.įor more installation help please see the Non-DOSBOX DOS mech2 FAQ. Imgmount D "K:\Virtual CD's\MW2.cue" -t isoĪnswer: DOSBOX cannot detect the cd even if you mount it. (Please note all parts of this that have paths need to be changed to where your files are.)

At the bottom where it says autoexec put the following lines:.

In your start menu and open the nf file.

Make sure you check the Create Cue sheet checkbox.

Open Clone CD and create an img/cue of MechWarrior 2, save it somewhere you can find it.

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Download Clone CD's demo if you do not own it.

DO NOT put it in Program Files or user directories. If you are on vista it must be the above directory. I would suggest C:\DOSBOX_GAMES\ or something like that.

Create a directory that you would like for the root of DOSBOX.

However, there is no substitute for a good old 300mhz computer.Īnyway with that said here is what needs to be done. Pretty much the installation of Mech2 through dosbox requires a few extra steps than normally would be required, but in the end it is considered the most stable solution.