FreeDOS and DOS version of Civ compadibility?

[GenMarshall]

I have came across to a system known as FreeDOS (I play around a bit with virtualization). I am curious to wonder if the DOS version of Civ can run on FreeDOS?

 

[Comrade Aart]

I'm not sure if FreeDOS supports CIV. If you're only looking for a way to play CIV in a simulated DOS-environment, you should try DOS-box. That is what I use and it works perfectly. You can download it here:

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net

I'm sorry that I didn't really answer you question, but since I saw a few of your posts in other topics concerning playing CIV in a DOS-environment, I thought you might want to know this.

Good luck!

 

[GenMarshall]

Well, I have DOS-box. I'm just looking for an alternative since constantly mounting that folder gets a bit tiering.

 

[nova10]

create a bat file and write the following in it (change the directory to where Civ is):

dosbox -c "mount c c:\games\civdos\" -c "c:" -c "civ.exe"

Then move the bat file into where dosbox is located, then just create a shortcut to the bat file.

 

[Whelkman]

You can also append commands into the [autoexec] section of DOSBox.conf, e.g.:

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount C C:\DOS
C: