x68000:installing_games_to_hard_drive
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==== Chapter 3: Writing !Start.bat files ==== | ==== Chapter 3: Writing !Start.bat files ==== | ||
- | Upon booting, the X68000 executes files from config.sys and usually they are with X or SYS extension. | + | Upon booting, the X68000 executes files from config.sys and usually they are with X or SYS extension. |
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+ | * *.X files, which are required for the game to run, in almost | ||
+ | * *.SYS files and some rare *.X files need ADDDRV (Example #4). | ||
+ | *ADDDRV is very picky and most of the times incompatible. | ||
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Now that we know that most files from config.sys with extension X can be executed as standalone, its time to write them in the beginning of autoexec.bat | Now that we know that most files from config.sys with extension X can be executed as standalone, its time to write them in the beginning of autoexec.bat | ||
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Config.sys | Config.sys | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | Here we can see drivers being loaded and environmental variables being set up. The very important | + | Here we can see drivers being loaded and environmental variables being set up. |
+ | *The mandatory | ||
+ | *Drivers are usually | ||
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+ | In this example OPMDRV3.X and IOCS.X are the ones which interest us. First we must check if they can be executed after the system has fully booted. If yes, then there is a good chance that the game can be installed to HDD. | ||
autoexec.bat | autoexec.bat | ||
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|Image files must be 1261568 bytes long. Sometimes while copying them with DiskExplorer their original size changes to 1263616.| | |Image files must be 1261568 bytes long. Sometimes while copying them with DiskExplorer their original size changes to 1263616.| | ||
- | |Use [[http:// | + | |Use [[http:// |
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