Using CDROMs in DOS without a CDROM Drive

I'm currently testing an ITX-Llama, which is a motherboard that supports DOS & Windows 98 games. While it supports CD-ROM drives, I do not have one, so I can't play games that need CD's in DOS. However, there are DOS programs that allow you to mount a folder as CD-ROM drive or mount ISO image files. This is helpful for retro computers dedicated to DOS & Windows 3.x games. *Relevant Links* - FakeDR Download: https://www.math.uni-rostock.de/~nfa506/fakecddr.html - SHSUCD Download: http://adoxa.altervista.org/shsucdx/ *FakeDR Quick Guide:* - Copy CD-ROM Files to a folder on a DOS computer Create Information files from folder: - infodr *destination_folder* *cd_drive* On DOS PC Add EMPTY-CD driver to config.sys file: - DEVICE=*EMPTYCD_PATH*\EMPTY-CD.EXE /D:EMPTY-CD On DOS PC add MSCDEX to autoexec.bat - C:\*MSCDEX_PATH*\MSCDEX.EXE /D:EMPTY-CD /L:*DRIVER_LETTER* Mount folder: - fakedr *game_folder_path* /l:*drive_letter* Unmount folder: - fakedr /u *SHSUCD Quick Gude* Mount an ISO commands: - shsucdhd.exe /F:*iso_location* - shsucdx.exe /d:*image_driver_name* Unmount ISO commands: - shsucdhd.exe /u - shsucdx.exe /u *ITX-Llama Links:* - Overview video on the ITX-Llama: https://youtu.be/GZ1iR71O2gQ?si=XN1KH1oXYt_nIXAd - GitHub: https://github.com/eivindbohler/itxllama - Discord: https://discord.gg/shM63xzR - Vogons discussion: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=93480 - Purchase page (Currently sold out. Check Discord for any future group buys): https://retrodreams.ca/ *Other Links:* - Phil's Computer Lab DOS CD Mounting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKXZB48CmeE *My links:* - Main YouTube Channel: (https://www.youtube.com/@LusRetroSource) - Patreon: (https://www.patreon.com/lu_source) - BlueSky Social: (https://bsky.app/profile/lu-source.bsky.social) - Mastadon Social: (https://noc.social/@lu_source) - X Social: (https://x.com/lu_source) Chapters: 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:11 FakeDR How-to Intro 0:01:50 FakeDR - Preparing CD Files 0:03:23 FakeDR - Creating batch file for preparing CD files 0:05:48 FakeDR - Mounting Folders as CD-ROMS in DOS 0:08:14 FakeDR - Unmounting Folder 0:08:50 SHSUCD How-To - Intro 0:09:16 SHSUCD - Mounting ISO 0:10:32 SHSUCD - Un-mounting ISO 0:11:15 Advantages & Disadvantages to DOS CDROM faking