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Megatouch XL CD-ROM to Hard Drive
DaddyLongLegs:
--- Quote from: obcd on September 07, 2016, 08:00:41 am ---I messed something up
The second line should read
subst f: c:\megat
So, it's c instead of d
Also, make sure the megat folder and ramdisk folder exist on your C
mkdir c:\megat
mkdir c:\ramdisk
after the subst commands, you might also add
del d:\*.*
since d is a ramdisk, upon a reboot, it will be empty.
don't forget to put your cd rom files and folders in the c:\megat folder
If you put a rem in front of the last line of the autoexec.bat file, do you get a dos prompt?
rem megacdll
If so, check if you have a d drive and f drive.
You can manually start the program by typing megacdll.
Sorry for the mistake.
--- End quote ---
OK so is "mkdir c:\megat" supposed to be somewhere in my autoexec.bat? Because if so, you did not mention it being missing was a problem. I thought you were just telling me how to make directories in DOS. I created those folders in Windows. If that is supposed to be somewhere in my autoexec.bat, please let me know. Anyway I just tried again with your proposed changes and I just get the same "PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT" error.
Please let me know what changes I need to make to my latest autoexec.bat
--- Code: ---@echo off
rem - Reset output ports
rstports
rem - Load DataLite CDROM extensions
rem MSCDEX.EXE /D:banana /L:R
path= %PATH%;c:\dos\
mkdir c:\megat
mkdir c:\ramdisk
subst d: c:\ramdisk
subst f: c:\megat
del d:\*.*
rem Burn In Test will run when DS2 Switch #2 is on at boot up. mda 3-13-97
burn_in
rem Attempt ELOGraphics load
nomouse
elodev 2310,1,9600 -c139,4144,3995,90,1,255
if errorlevel 2 goto done1
if errorlevel 1 goto LoadMT
:done1
mmmerit -m2 -c- -b-
goto done
rem Attempt MicroTouch load
:LoadMT
nomouse -x
mtconfig /C1 /I4 /B9600
dostouch
tchctl2
:done
rem - Check for 2 button clear and/or CD clean
2butclr
rem --- Start up the XL program
deltree /y d:\
copy f:\megacdll.exe d:\
copy f:\thefiles.dat d:\
d:
megacdll
--- End code ---
Please note that I did add the mkdir commands but I have no idea if I was supposed to or if they are in the wrong place. Thank you!
obcd:
The mkdir commands should not be in your autoexec.bat file.
You only needed to execute them once to create the folders on your compact flash card.
If the folders exist, the mkdir commands will simply print an error on the screen and move on to the next instruction, so they are not your problem.
I am a bit confused by your "PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT" message. Is your machine booting into dos? It's the kind of message you would expect when no boot device is found. If you remark the last line of your autoexec.bat file, does it go to the dos prompt?
So, change megacdll into echo megacdll (in your autoexec.bat)
It should boot into a
d:\>
prompt
If you than press megacdll <enter> it should start the game.
DaddyLongLegs:
--- Quote from: obcd on September 08, 2016, 02:52:43 am ---The mkdir commands should not be in your autoexec.bat file.
You only needed to execute them once to create the folders on your compact flash card.
If the folders exist, the mkdir commands will simply print an error on the screen and move on to the next instruction, so they are not your problem.
I am a bit confused by your "PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT" message. Is your machine booting into dos? It's the kind of message you would expect when no boot device is found. If you remark the last line of your autoexec.bat file, does it go to the dos prompt?
So, change megacdll into echo megacdll (in your autoexec.bat)
It should boot into a
d:\>
prompt
If you than press megacdll <enter> it should start the game.
--- End quote ---
OK it does not seem to be booting into DOS.
When I format my CF card with the image sent to me by the other poster, it boots into DOS. Using your method is not getting me into DOS. Maybe the CF card has to be defined as a "boot device" or something? It is simply formatted to fat16.
Here is the file list of all the files on my CF card, maybe you can spot something wrong?
In the DOS folder are the DOS files.
obcd:
It's impossible to know from the files if it boots or not. If you just formatted the cf card in windows, it won't boot.
In early dos days, you booted from floppy and ran the fdisk command to create partitions on your disk (cf card in this case) You had to make 1 partition active that became the boot partition.
Next, you had to format the partition.
Third, you needed to run sys c: which transferred the 2 hidden sys files and the commmand.com to the harddisk. If I remember well, the 2 hidden sys files needed to be on a specific location of the harddisk. (You couldn't just copy them over)
After this, the harddisk became bootable.
I see no other option anymore besides providing my bootable image. It's a bit of a chicken egg story. Without a bootable medium, you can't make the compact flash partition bootable..
ed12:
ok I have a question if I may
I get that windows cannot do this
but could the @ drop to cmd prompt and do it ?
or is best to boot his computer to dos and do the subsets ?
ed
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