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yes, you only need a file called "diabat.mpq" which you can extract from the installer or copy from an existing installation.
hellfire requires some mpq-files as well, but those can be obtained in the same fashion.
Ok figured it would but everything I read referenced they're gog version.
https://devilutionx.com/mpq
This page explains how to copy the files from your original CD.
I think gog is just the most common method and so it is always referenced. Not many people these days have physical media anymore.
Should work just fine.
Or have the physical media, but no optical drive