Dosbox_libretro.dll mount problem

RetroArch General
#1

Hi Guys

I am trying to use the dosbox_libretro and a dosbox config file to mount and start a dosgame, but I am failing at the required Mount command:

i start the emulator like this:

d:\retroarch\retroarch.exe -L .\cores\dosbox_libretro.dll d:\retroarch\system\dosbox\dosbox.conf

the dosbox.conf contains:

[autoexec] echo “hello” mount d d:\

My problem is that if I run the above command the Dosbox will start, execute the echo command but then hangs at the mount command like this:

mount d d:
_

(The “_” is the blinking cursor). And there it just hangs. I have tried several paths and also mounting as c or e. Same result. (The same config works well if I start it directly with the DOSBox Emulator.) Of course in the end I would like to autostart a game with this method but I need to get the mount command working first.

Any Ideas?

#2

I’ve had the same behavior using the onscreen keyboard to mount. I hear it works in linux (haven’t tried it yet myself), so it maybe a Windows-specific issue.

So, nothing to be done about it now, as far as I can tell, but Squarepusher expressed interest cleaning that core up, so maybe it’ll be usable soon.