Re: SUCCESS AT LAST

Mary typed:

First off let me point out: Rikard and I are saying exactly
the same thing, just differently. :)  He gave you a more
practical example, and I gave you more of an overview- two
alternate methods of describing the same concept.

Ok, the mount syntax looks something like this:

mount [drive] [path] [options]

In other words, MaryJ, you can choose any drive letter,
and any existing path you want for that drive letter.


Since we are into the nitty gritty here, so in the above
example, the first letter could be C or D or J if you
wanted,


Yes :)

so if you typed "mount D c:\" you are mounting the
C drive in dosbox


Yes :)

What you're doing, is *matching* a drive letter (D) to a
path (C:\) - they both end up having the same contents.

The path can be just a simple (C:\) or a deeper directory
(C:\Music\Sinatra)  For example, if you typed:

mount M c:\
mount A c:\
mount R c:\
mount Y c:\

Then you'd have *four* drive letters in DOSbox (M:, A:, R:,
Y:) and they'd *all* point to the same path (C:\)

mount J c:\music\sinatra

Now you'd have a *fifth* drive (J:), but this one points
*directly* to the path we want (c:\music\sinatra)

So, if you wanted to access "c:\music\sinatra", you could
type:

M:   [or any drive letter above- M:, A:, R:, Y:]
cd music
cd sinatra

Or to be quicker you could type:

J:

Either way, you end up at the same path (c:\music\sinatra)

(Not to mention, you'd end up mounting "M:A:R:Y:J:" ;D -
heh heh)

The two letters in "mount C: and C:\ " also
could be more simply explained as the first C is to
identify the drive you are going to play the game on
(can be any letter) and the second C:\ is the directory
on the drive where the game will be accessed and played
from. The first C is the drive, the second C is the
directory. Right?


Well, pretty much - we might be using different terminology
(I'm calling the second C a "path"), but I think you've got
a basic enough understanding, that really it is not worth
further explanation since you're already playing Gobliins. ;)

I would think its easier just to choose C C:\ . 

It is - you should *always* do it that way, less confusion.
(Match up each drive to the same letter, c = c:\, f = f:\)

But you see, there is a basic *concept* behind the mount
command, that we're trying to describe, even though you do
not need to use it. :) ;D  (So if you're still not 115% sure,
it does not really matter)  The best way to understand the
concept and usage of anything, is just to experiment.

Say you want access to the directory:

C:\Documents\Music\Soundgarden\

Except who'd want to type out that long path every time?
So instead, you can just assign it any drive letter:

mount S: C:\Documents\Music\Soundgarden\ 

If you didn't do it the way right above, you would have
to do S: (as your example) in one line and the rest in the
next line. So the above combines two lines into one. I
think that is right?


Not really "combines", but it just makes it quicker to get
to where you're going. ;)

But the *real* question is, why would MaryJ be interested
in the heavy rock music of Soundgarden? ;D ;>

No! I am too old for that. I need Brahms Lullaby. Just
kidding. I am still back in the 60's with the Beach Boys,
or I like Frank Sinatra and Barry Manilow- easy listening
music :) 

I might enjoy a bit of easy listening myself on occasion. :)
(Or, almost anything from the '70s, '90s, '00s ;>)

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