PLEASE do not post questions, because I am a noob. I just made this guide for the few and far that wanted things to go a little easier.
To download Daggerfall for free, here is the link:
http://www.elderscrolls.com/daggerfall/
Scroll down a little bit, and there is a "download game" option for you.
Make sure you also download DOSBox through software manager.
Extract Daggerfall to a location of your choice.
For the sake of this guide, I extracted Daggerfall in /root/home/yourusernamehere!/DOSGAMES/Daggerfall . So, yeah, make sure you make the appropriate folders and make sure you extract into the Daggerfall folder if you want to follow this guide to the T. yourusernamehere! is YOUR USERNAME. Not some fancy code. My username, for instance, is tyler, so I put /home/tyler/DOSGAMES etc. Adjust for your own system.
/root is what you see when you click "Computer". Knowing the exact "route" of where you extracted the folders DFCD, and DAGGER is important.
Next, now that you have downloaded both Dosbox and Daggerfall, and have extracted Daggerfall in a specific space (that you know the route of), you must change up the configuration file. The configuration file in LMDE 201109 Gnome is in the /home/([username])/.dosbox directory. You need to get into that directory in order to alter the file.
The easiest way that I found was open your terminal and do this:
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mv -i .dosbox/ dosbox
Now, change the "memsize=16" into "memsize=32".
This would be a good point to change up a lot of things having to do with performance.
Here is a great guide that can help you with that:
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=5385
Scroll down and read what the other users posted, some updates for future versions (i.e. the version you have now is more updated than the one the post was referring to).
After this, exit out (make sure you save!), and go back to your terminal and do this:
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mv -i .dosbox/ dosbox
[INSTALLATION!]
Start up DOSBox.
type:
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mount c /home/yourusernamehere!/DOSGAMES/Daggerfall -freesize 1000
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mount d /home/yourusernamehere!/DOSGAMES/Daggerfall/DFCD -t cdrom -label Daggerfall
Change to your d drive. Type:
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D:
Make sure you read this before moving on!
Once you start installing, you might have no functionality of your mouse, and you might not be able to exit once you start. So please, read ahead, and if you have to write down these next steps so that when you get there, you will know what to do.
To start the installation type:
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INSTALL.EXE
Alright, go ahead and go with all the default stuff. MAKE SURE YOU MAKE THE INSTALL SIZE HUGE! This gets rid of the use of having a CD which is very beneficial. I'm pretty sure it makes the game run a lot smoother too.
Eventually you'll come to the sound settings. Choose Auto-detect, detect sound settings. Sound Blaster 16 should come up. Go back, go to "Select Midi", and choose Sound Blaster 16. You can even test it if you want. Now go back, and you should be all good.
Once that is all done, you definently want to install the patch.
Go to your c drive:
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C:
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cd DAGGER
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DAG213.EXE
MISSION COMPLETE!
Everytime you want to play simply start up DOSBox and type the following:
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mout c /home/yourusernamehere!/DOSGAMES/Daggerfall -freesize 1000
mount d /home/yourusernamehere!/DOSGAMES/Daggerfall/DFCD -t cdrom -label Daggerfall
c:
cd DAGGER
DAGGER.EXE
P.P.S. Once you're all done and what not, type "exit" to leave DOSBox.
P.P.P.S. If DOSBox ever messes up on you, and you can't do anything, do the following: CTRL+ALT+F1. This will take you to a terminal. Now type the code:
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pidof dosbox
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kill [number from before]
You can now safely shutdown your computer, or even simply start up DOSBox again by pressing: ALT+F2, and typing in DOSBox.