Running LBA 2 under Dosbox

Dave Games, Technology, Virtualisation

In order to run LBA 2, the PIF requires the following command C:\DOSe\dosbox\DOSBox-0.72\dosbox.exe -c “mount d: d:\ -t cdrom -lable lba2 -ioctl -usedcd 1 -fullscreen” -c “mount c c:\DOSe\lba2” -c “C:” -c “lba2” -c “exit” I have tried to get this to run in a .bat, but this works. Obviously the directory path will vary…

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Dosbox

Dave Games, Technology, Virtualisation

They say “DOSBox is an emulator that recreates a MS-DOS compatible environment (complete with Sound, Input, Graphics and even basic networking).” Their home page is at http://www.dosbox.com/. I have now used it to run Twinsen’s Little Big Adventure 2 (aka LBA2) on my Alienware Aurora. Here’s how! Download the Installer Install DosBox Read the documentation…

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