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Posted November 02, 2015
Hello,
So I picked up eye of the beholder from eBay and I'm having trouble getting it working. Now, the disks aren't corrupt, I know that much, but I need help with installation. I put disk 1 & 2 into my floppy and I go through the commands required to get it installing. It finishes the installation and then needs disk 3 & 4. I put that in, press enter, and it installs to the directory that I specified. Every went perfectly. Or so it says. But when I check that directory, there is no data there. I even tried manually creating the directory and then installing it there, but still nothing. Am I doing something wrong? I don't have much knowledge working with DOS, but I have used Dos Box, which I am using, a few times before. Thanks for any help.
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Posted November 02, 2015
You have a PC that still takes floppies?

Jesus, I'm never to complain about my piece of shit system again. :P
Posted November 02, 2015
I haven't got a clue to be honest, maybe it has something to do with the formatting of the harddrive, DOS needs FAT16.

EDIT:

If you're using Dosbox, you need to assign a folder for C: first with the mount command and you also need to mount the floppydrive.

http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/MOUNT
Post edited November 02, 2015 by Strijkbout
Posted November 02, 2015
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tinyE: You have a PC that still takes floppies?

Jesus, I'm never to complain about my piece of shit system again. :P
Never buy a computer without a CD drive, a floppy disk drive, and internal neon green lighting. Makes the ladies weak in the knees. From kicking me so hard.
Posted November 02, 2015
It might help to mention your specs and OS. I have no idea what you're running, but a quick search provided me with this, although it's for EOB 3:

http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=36267

Also, if you aren't able to get this to run, you can always purchase the digital version here on Gog:

Collection One contains the Eye of the Beholder trilogy

http://www.gog.com/game/forgotten_realms_the_archives_collection_one
Post edited November 02, 2015 by chadjenofsky
Posted November 02, 2015
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186,286 and maybe a 386 to install this game from CD's.Maybe a better option is to buy the digital version.
Posted November 02, 2015
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tinyE: You have a PC that still takes floppies?

Jesus, I'm never to complain about my piece of shit system again. :P
I bought an external floppy drive for my desktop. It connects via usb. I built my computer just this year, and I spent around 900 on it.
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Tauto: 186,286 and maybe a 386 to install this game from CD's.Maybe a better option is to buy the digital version.
I'd hate to buy the digital versions, as I'd love to get this up and running, but it might be the only option.
Post edited November 02, 2015 by tessorb
Posted November 02, 2015
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tinyE: You have a PC that still takes floppies?

Jesus, I'm never to complain about my piece of shit system again. :P
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tessorb: I bought an external floppy drive for my desktop. It connects via usb. I built my computer just this year, and I spent around 900 on it.
That's actually really cool. My apologies if I came off as a dick.
Posted November 02, 2015
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tessorb: I bought an external floppy drive for my desktop. It connects via usb. I built my computer just this year, and I spent around 900 on it.
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tinyE: That's actually really cool. My apologies if I came off as a dick.
No, no. I just love having all the bells and whistles, you know? :) you were fine.
Posted November 02, 2015
I really want one of those external floppy drives, specifically for old games.
Posted November 02, 2015
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tinyE: You have a PC that still takes floppies?

Jesus, I'm never to complain about my piece of shit system again. :P
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tessorb: I bought an external floppy drive for my desktop. It connects via usb. I built my computer just this year, and I spent around 900 on it.
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Tauto: 186,286 and maybe a 386 to install this game from CD's.Maybe a better option is to buy the digital version.
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tessorb: I'd hate to buy the digital versions, as I'd love to get this up and running, but it might be the only option.
Sounds like it's way to powerful,plus you would need a very old OS.Not absolutely sure if it will run on XP,but you definitely need something lower,maybe Win2000.
Posted November 02, 2015
Sounds totally cool, unlike me. Hopefully you will get it sorted.

edit: cool or yes, it's freaking bad ass to own eye of the beholder floppys.
Post edited November 02, 2015 by Antimateria
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Antimateria: Sounds totally cool, unlike me. Hopefully you will get it sorted.

edit: cool or yes, it's freaking bad ass to own eye of the beholder floppys.
Yep,and the box,manual:)
Posted November 02, 2015
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Antimateria: Sounds totally cool, unlike me. Hopefully you will get it sorted.

edit: cool or yes, it's freaking bad ass to own eye of the beholder floppys.
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Tauto: Yep,and the box,manual:)
Why are you saying things and you are not original poster.. =P
Posted November 02, 2015
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Tauto: Yep,and the box,manual:)
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Antimateria: Why are you saying things and you are not original poster.. =P
Go easy. Someone said 'floppy disc', he thought they said 'floppy dick' and showed up.
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