Sharing files with MS-DOS 6.22 in VirtualBox and macOS

Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:29:24 +0000

How to create an ISO file of a directory on macOS that can be mounted as a CDROM in MS-DOS 6.22 ?

Start Disk Utility on macOS

Go to: File -> New Image -> Image from Folder
Choose the directory and press Choose
Set Image Format to: DVD/CD master and press Save
A *.cdr file will be created
Go to the command line
Cd to the directory with the *.cdr file
Type the command: $ hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o tcc.iso TCC.cdr
Go to your virtual machine running MS-DOS 6.22 and mount the newly created *.iso file
In the MS-DOS 6.22 virtual machine you can now access the contents on drive D:

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