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Play DOS PC Games with CD audio through images

Check where the CD is located in the Linux system > cdrdao scanbus Suppose you get the following which says it is at /dev/sr0 Cdrdao version 1.2.3 - (C) Andreas Mueller /dev/sr0 : Slimtype, DVDRW SOSW-833S , VRS3 Make sure that location is unmounted. > umount /dev/sr0 Create the bin image of the CD and the corresponding cue file via > cdrdao read-cd --datafile image.bin --driver generic-mmc:0x20000 --device /dev/sr0 --read-raw image.toc > toc2cue image.toc image.cue Install DosBox Start DosBox Mount the c drive to some directory in the local machine, for example > mount c /home/tylau/Documents/dos Mount the d drive to the cue file, for example > imgmount d /home/tylau/Desktop/ssf2t.cue -t iso -fs iso Follow instruction to install or start the game. Command to burn the bin/cue back to a CD. cdrdao write --device /dev/sr0 --swap ssf2t.toc   To convert bin/cue to iso/wav bchunk IMAGE.bin IMAGE.cue IMAGE.iso  -w Ref Ref2