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RFE: make mount more flexible
'mount.exe' can already simulate parts of imgmount, but 2 crucial parts are missing to be able to flatten all disc images into the native filesystem (well those whose games don't read sectors directly anyway).
- Mounting multiple directories in the same drive, using the 'disc change' mechanism of dosbox. This is necessary for multidisc games to be able to use this.
- Mounting a cue extension that has a folder as a track and audio files, just like imgmount. This is necessary for games with cd audio.
These two features would 'close the gap'.
As for why do i want them, it's simple. I want to share data with scummvm and DOS. To do this the ideal mechanism is hardlinks, since the data is all readonly, only if the data is hidden away in a cue/bin or iso in the DOS side, this is impossible.
Another, maybe better, way would be making scummvm read isos/cue/bin inside a game dir for data, but that was suggested and rejected (I think). If someone appeared with a patch ready that had no effort for those guys, maybe, but i kind of fear they'd reject it because it 'would be for piracy' when it's actually just for data compression and less effort.