Hi All,

All folders and files on Orion Burger CD would copy from CD to hard drive D (Windows 7 Professional) except a folder named LASERLOK.IN (contains 19.5 MBs). Does this mean that this folder is corrupted? I'm also trying to get DosBox .74 working. I downloaded it the other day and the website kept telling me there was a problem so I assumed it was not downloaded to my computer. That night I found the start icon on my desktop for DosBox. I don't know if it is ok or not. I am trying to get it to read My CD\DVD drive (E) as C and having trouble doing it. Do you have a very clear example on how to do it. An example using something like my Orion Burger CD (which I hoped I could load & play) or Beneath A Steel Sky CD.

Thank you.

A very confused Mr. Bill

Going by the name I would say that sounds like some sort of copy protection and will be there to stop you doing the very thing you are trying to do :-)

It does indeed sound like some sort of copy protection.

I found this on Wikipedia.

Then How do I get DOSBOX to recognize the disk on drive E. Somewhere one of the papers about DosBox
said to install the game when DosBox is running. Can I do this with Win 7 Pro running in the background?

Can you tell me how to attempt this?

Thank you

Bill

Laserlock is a copy "protection"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laserlock

To copy the game to your hard drive, you'd have to create a disc image (like an .iso file) instead of copying the files off the disc to a folder on your hard drive. Then you'd mount the .iso file using the imgmount command in DOSBox.

DOSBox won't see CD drives unless you mount them.

To mount a CD drive named F: in Windows so it shows up as D: in DOSBox, use this command in DOSBox

Z:\>MOUNT D F:\ -t cdrom

And if your CD drive is E: use this:

Z:\>MOUNT D E:\ -t cdrom

If you want to mount an .iso file as CD drive D: in DOSBox, use this command

Z:\>IMGMOUNT D C:\Images\game.iso -t iso

(where game.iso is what you named the iso you created from the CD
and C:\Images\game.iso is the path to the game.iso file).

There can be complications if a game uses CD audio files (like a music CD) as well as data files because you can't have both types on an .iso file. For those you need something like a .cue/.bin pair.

More about the Mount command here
https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/MOUNT

More about Orion Burger on DOSBox here
http://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=1357&letter=O

Orion Burger is particularly difficult to get running in DOSBox because of the Laserlock. Here's a thread which mentions a usable version of the game used to be available at Home of the Underdogs
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=4741
This thread mentions using a DOS32A extender to fix the problem.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=18611

WOW!!!!!

Jenny, I think this is all beyond me. Do you make house calls?

I do thank you for the research very much.

Bill

You may have to choose an easier game.
Orion Burger is particularly bad because of the useless Laserlock DRM junk.

Maybe one of the games that has a Sierrahelp installer for new 64-bit Windows computers.
http://sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/NewSierraInstallers.html
http://sierrahelp.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3925

or a game that works on ScummVM.
http://scummvm.org/compatibility/1.8.1/

Gameboomer glitches forum is one of the best for getting troubleshooting help. So many knowledgeable and helpful folks here. Jenny100 is one of the best of the best, that's for sure.