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 <
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> 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
>>>
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