MOUNT
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MOUNT.COM is a command inside DOSBox that can connect physical folders and drives to virtual drives inside DOSBox. When you enter the command MOUNT from the DOSBox prompt you should see
Z:\>MOUNT
Current mounted drives are:
Drive Z is mounted as Internal Virtual Drive
To mount a folder as a drive, follow this basic template.
MOUNT [Drive-Letter] [Local-Directory]
The local directory can be specified relative to the working directory from which DOSBox was started. To unmount a drive, follow this basic template.
MOUNT -u [Drive-Letter]
Usage Examples
Windows
Mounting a folder from your harddrive
Z:\>MOUNT C C:\DOSGAMES
Mounting a floppy drive
Z:\>MOUNT A A:\ -t floppy
Mounting a CD-Rom drive
Z:\>MOUNT D D:\ -t cdrom
Extra CD ROM options
-t [floppy|cdrom] Define how the mounted folder should behave to the emulated operating system. -usecd [drive #] For direct hardware emulation ie: audio playback, etc. -cd = Generate a list of local CD ROM drive's "drive #" values -label [name] = Set the volume name of the drive (all caps) -ioctl = Lowest level of hardware access (Win 2K, XP and Linux)...follows the -usecd command Z:\>MOUNT D D:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl -label GAME_CD
Mounting an ISO-File as volume
Z:\>IMGMOUNT E C:\Images\MyImage.iso -t iso
Linux
Z:\>MOUNT C ~/DOSGAMES
Mac OSX
Z:\>MOUNT C ~/DOSGAMES
Z:\>IMGMOUNT D ~/Documents/IMAGE.toast -t iso
Using your mounted drive
To change to the newly mounted virtual drive simply type
[Drive-Letter]:
For example (If you mounted a Local-Directory to the Drive-Letter C)
Z:\>C: