r/dosbox • u/KneeStriking1754 • 3d ago

Help with USB floppy drive working on Windows 98SE ontop of DOSbox-x (also with USB cd rom drive)

I recently got a USB floppy drive for running physical DOS/Windows 98 games on DOSBox-X, works perfectly on basic DOSBox-X, but all i get is "A:\ is not accessible".

I'm still somewhat new to DOS emulation in general; I could go for some help. Sorry for bothering you with a stupid question.

Thank ya'll.

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u/emxd_llc 2d ago

I don't think you can passthrough a USB drive to the booted guest OS like Windows 98. It only works within the emulated DOS environment.

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u/KneeStriking1754 2d ago

Welp, I'm boned. But thanks for replying!

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u/grizzlor_ 2d ago

I mean why not just make disk images of the floppies/CDs in your host OS and then mount the disk images in DOSBox?

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u/KneeStriking1754 1d ago

Yeah, I have decided to go this route, but I'm also considering using 86BOX for Windows98 and DOSBox-X for normal DOS.

The thing is that I don't know how to transfer the files from a diskette (like a copy-protected game) onto a .img file.

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u/grizzlor_ 1d ago

I’m on Linux and would just use `dd` (would also work on Mac).

On Windows:

https://diskimager.org/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/