[Bug 47359] DosBox SVN crashes only when launched through Wine

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47359

Olivier F. R. Dierick <o.dierick at piezo-forte.be> changed:

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--- Comment #13 from Olivier F. R. Dierick <o.dierick at piezo-forte.be> ---
Hello,

Did you install the DOS application with Wine?

Many DOS application save the install path in a config file. If you installed
the DOS application in DOSBox, it was probably installed to a directory mapped
as a C: drive. Wine does mount the root path as Z: drive and calls the DOS
executable with a Z: path. The DOS application can't find its files if it looks
for them on the C: drive as Wine didn't setup any C: drive.

I personally think that the issue is somehow valid: I think it should be
supported to use Wine for both installing and running the DOS application. In
that case, Wine only serves as a front-end to the linux DOSBox you have
installed. Ideally, Wine should setup the wineprefix as C: and mount that as C:
drive in dosbox and let the DOS application install. Then when running the DOS
executable through wine, the wineprefix should be again mounted as C:.
Obviously, You should not mix installing with DOSBox and running with Wine.

Regards.

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