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MOUNT — Mount host directories/drives/images as virtual DOS drives. More information: <https://www.dosbox.co

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Problem

How to use the MOUNT command: Mount host directories/drives/images as virtual DOS drives. More information: <https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/MOUNT>.

Solution

MOUNT — Mount host directories/drives/images as virtual DOS drives. More information: <https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/MOUNT>.

Mount current directory as C:

MOUNT C .

Mount specific directory as C:

MOUNT C {{C:\path\to\directory}}

Mount with free space limit (MB):

MOUNT C {{C:\path\to\directory}} -freesize {{1024}}

Mount floppy drive:

MOUNT A {{A:\}} -t floppy

Mount CD-ROM drive:

MOUNT D {{D:\}} -t cdrom

Mount CD with extra options:

MOUNT D {{D:\}} -t cdrom -usecd {{0}} -ioctl

Unmount drive:

MOUNT -u {{C}}

Code Snippets

Mount current directory as C

MOUNT C .

Mount specific directory as C

MOUNT C {{C:\path\to\directory}}

Mount with free space limit (MB)

MOUNT C {{C:\path\to\directory}} -freesize {{1024}}

Mount floppy drive

MOUNT A {{A:\}} -t floppy

Mount CD-ROM drive

MOUNT D {{D:\}} -t cdrom

Context

tldr-pages: dos/MOUNT

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