Hello. Do you have in config.sys the line to load the cdrom?
Have you considered searching for a installed version of Mortal Kombat 2? On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 5:46 AM Jeffrey Boudon via Freedos-user < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a bunch, y'all. > So I actually installed FreeDOS on my actual hard-drive (C:), so when I > run the game, it is being registered by both my ordinary Windows C: drive > and by FreeDOS as D: > And yet all I get is "bad command" or whatever when I try to do "INSTALL" > on D: drive in FreeDOS (see included screenshot). > Any other thoughts? > Thanks again, y'all. > Jeff B. > > Am Mo., 29. Juni 2026 um 00:31 Uhr schrieb Jim Hall via Freedos-user < > [email protected]>: > >> I suspect your FreeDOS install CD (LiveCD) is currently on D: so your >> Mortal Kombat 2 CD is on another drive letter (probably E:) >> >> Type this: >> >> DIR E: >> >> ..and if you see an INSTALL.EXE there, then that's probably the Mortal >> Kombat 2 CD. If so, change to the E: drive and run the install program: >> >> E: >> INSTALL >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 28, 2026 at 9:42 PM Jeffrey Boudon via Freedos-user < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> hey y'all, >>> so i'm a nerd and wanted to revisit Mortal Kombat 2 on PC, so I got an >>> external CD-ROM drive (working with a recent Lenovo that unsurprisingly >>> doesn't come with one), and I installed FreeDOS on VirtualBox, per the >>> instructions in the video on y'all's website. I've got FreeDOS running, but >>> whereas the instruction manual for the game says basically "switch from C: >>> to D: and when you're there, type INSTALL then hit enter," but instead of >>> the Mortal Kombat II Installation Program (c) I just get... >>> Bad command or filename - "INSTALL". >>> Anybody able to help make a young boy's nostalgic & bloody wish come >>> true? Many thanks in advance. >>> Jeffrey B. >>> CLE, Ohio >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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