Renaming Z drive in DOSBox

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Published on 2009-10-03T21:08:26Z Indexed on 2011/01/13 11:55 UTC
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DOSBox makes a virtual drive, which it names Z:, for storing utility stuff on. Clearly they're trying to stay out of your way, so you can do whatever you want with the C: drive. Swell, I understand that. But I've got some old database accessing software I really, really want to run which assumes it lives on the Z drive. So I need to get DOSBox's Z called anything else. (C would be fine with me.)

I've seen mentions that it is possible, but no actual indication of how to do it. Anything that gets the job done is appreciated.

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