x68000:installing_games_to_hard_drive
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* *.X files, which are required for the game to run, in almost all cases can be executed from *.BAT files or command line. | * *.X files, which are required for the game to run, in almost all cases can be executed from *.BAT files or command line. | ||
- | * *.SYS files and some rare *.X files need ADDDRV (Example #4). | + | * *.SYS files and some rare *.X files need ADDDRV (Example #4). ADDDRV is very picky and most of the times incompatible. |
- | *ADDDRV is very picky and most of the times incompatible. | + | |
**Combining lines from Config.sys and Autoexec.bat** | **Combining lines from Config.sys and Autoexec.bat** | ||
- | Now that we know that most files from config.sys | + | Now that we know that most *.X files from config.sys can be executed as standalone, its time to write them in the beginning of autoexec.bat |
- | "Crystal Tower" | + | **Crystal Tower** is used to illustrate this example: |
- | Config.sys | + | Original |
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FILES = 15 | FILES = 15 | ||
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Here we can see drivers being loaded and environmental variables being set up. | Here we can see drivers being loaded and environmental variables being set up. | ||
- | *The mandatory variables and drivers like USKCG.SYS and FLOAT2.X are being set up each time when booting from HDD so most of these lines can be safely ignored. | + | *The mandatory variables and drivers like **USKCG.SYS** and **FLOAT2.X** are being set up each time when booting from HDD so most of these lines can be safely ignored. |
*Drivers are usually loaded from " | *Drivers are usually loaded from " | ||
- | 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. | + | In this example |
- | autoexec.bat | + | Original Autoexec.bat |
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echo off | echo off | ||
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- | Here we can see another environmental variable called | + | Here we can see another environmental variable called |
+ | *Remove references to **A:\**, **\** or **B:\** if they are present | ||
+ | *Write **OPMDRV3.X** | ||
+ | *Rename autoexec.bat to !Start.bat. | ||
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+ | The resulting !Start.bat should look like this: | ||
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