MicroProse install.exe makes a BIOS call and freezes 86Box, requiring hard reset. about 86box HOT 10 CLOSED

why is the HDD on 0:01 without 0:00 on scsi?

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Thanks for reminding me, I have to report another issue involving IDE. :) But to answer your question I was testing various scsi adapters, and one wasn't working on 0:00 but did work on 0:01 and I neglected to change it back to 0:00 as the other adapter accepted both 0:00 and 0:01.

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I don't see any issue here.

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@TC1995 What version of DOS are you using? My attempt was with MS-DOS 6.22.

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Actually, MS-DOS 6.00 OEM Base (a slightly official bare bones MS variant) from floppy and IDE hdd.

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Interesting.. I switched over to an IDE drive on the linux flatpak to compare, same issue with the install program, freezes, even with a different 486 machine on a different chipset.

I'll try freedos since I have it.

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I'm puzzled.. the install.exe works on FreeDOS 1.3 with an IDE image.

MS-DOS 6.22 was released in June 1994 and Colonization was also released in 1994, so that probably means they were developing it on 6.0-6.20 which were all in 1993. There should not have been that much incompatibility with a point version.. there must be some other issue.. hmm.

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Solved.. memory.. I tried out memmaker instead of doing it by hand, and after it finished the install was able to run.

So this is the answer.

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Somewhat.. first, install.exe was run as-is.. it started the process then froze.. presumably because it wanted a second disk.. so I then ran the mpscopy by hand. It ran so fast the screen cleared and then the machine rebooted.. gah.

There is something wrong with MS-DOS 6.22 with 86Box! First, I switched to the FreeDOS image.. the mpscopy command was able to complete without rebooting.. so I then copied the directory over from FreeDOS to the MS-DOS image.. new problem encountered.. I'm also trying to use MT-32 sound.. and it's not playing properly! Boot back into FreeDOS and MT-32 sound is working properly..

But all is not perfect with FreeDOS, it has a slower disk access and 3x lower IOPS compared to MS-DOS and I don't know why..

So, game installs, sound plays, but disk speed is slower (but still faster than IDE mode). 2 out of 3 isn't bad.

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Ok, really solved now. mpscopy and mt-32 (in the game anyway) REQUIRES expanded memory.. so don't use NOEMS, and instead use RAM on the EMM386 line. With expanded selected, both work correctly.

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