redirecting any access to the autoexec.bat and config.sys files to a drive the user chooses

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redirecting any access to the autoexec.bat and config.sys files to a drive the user chooses #5026

Open MacOS-9 opened 4 months ago

MacOS-9 commented 4 months ago

Question

is there a way to make apps see the autoexec.bat and config.sys files on another drive (e.g. C:) instead of the Z:\ drive? this would be useful when apps want to write to those files but can't because the Z: drive is read only

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joncampbell123 commented 3 months ago

Your dosbox.conf could mount the image or folder and then CALL the AUTOEXEC.BAT on that drive. Not sure how to implement that for CONFIG.SYS since it takes the AUTOEXEC.BAT in dosbox.conf to mount things first.

MacOS-9 commented 3 months ago

Your dosbox.conf could mount the image or folder and then CALL the AUTOEXEC.BAT on that drive. Not sure how to implement that for CONFIG.SYS since it takes the AUTOEXEC.BAT in dosbox.conf to mount things first.

I need the apps to actually see those files on the C: drive, the app sees it on the Z: drive which is read only and therefore can't continue because it needs to write to it

MacOS-9 commented 3 months ago

oops sorry I closed by accident, anyway yeah I need the apps to see those files on the C: drive