x68000:installing_games_to_hard_drive
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**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 | Config.sys | ||
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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 **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 |
< | < | ||
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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