I was trying to use boot disk today for the game TES: Arena. Because DosBox runs too slow on this computer, I wanted to try boot disk(I have no clue what the boot disk does, but I guess you use it to emulate DOS on startup).
On the boot disk page, it reads that I need to get the dos sb emulator, so I did.

Next up on the driver page it reads that I need to configure the path to the SB emulator files, but I have no clue how to use this(nor how to use the boot disk at all).

I just want a lil' help on this, so I can get this started.


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Greets, 1337Elite. LOL

Anyone? :cry: :help:

http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=drivers

read that carefully ;)

I feel pretty stupid because I still don't get it. :blink: :tai:

if you're using the boot disk from abandonia, you don't have to set the values. they already are setted . you just need to copy the the files in the floppy (at the right place)

as to using the boot disk "just double-click the executable, insert a floppy into the drive, and the rest is done by the program!"
clear enough.
once you've done that, restart your PC. It should boot on the floppy. and display a dos screen.

I've never used the boot disk. so...

Well, the boot disk program isn't just to put in your floppy and run the program actually.
You need to choose from "Image file", "Format Floppy" & "Extract files".
I choosed the Format floppy thingie.
I'll restart my comp and see what happens! :ok:

Edit: Nothing happend, nothing at all.
I put the floppy in, restarted my computer and then... nothing. Just the ordinary...

I guess your computer isn't set to start with floppy.

when the computer boots, type "del". (you should see a message like "type del to enter setup")

then find the setup for the boot sequance, change it so the floppy is first.

I did that too but wasn't able to find the boot setup, just bios.

I'll take a closer look and report. :bye:

Edit:
I found it! It started Win95 in DOS mode and said it couldn't found any mousedriver...
And I couldn't mount c as the hardrive C either, methinks that it has to have a FAT partition... :cry:

it's said on abandonia "won't work with ntfs"

Creating a fat32 partition should do. If you have a good soft, (like partition magic) you can do that without erasing your c: partiton.

you really can't use dosbox ? have you try to finetune the settings ?

I have a really slow computer so DosBox isn't the thing to count with.

PartitionMagic, eh? I thought it was for reformatting only..

I think I have it around somewhere.. I'll take a search