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- How Do I Do It?
- ===============
- This is the tutorial on how I installed Chaos Strikes Back on to my hard
- drive. Yes, it is a hack and yes, it ain't pretty, but it works (for me
- at least 8->). This is not really a tutorial but actually a recount of
- the things that I did to get it installed and working. You should know your
- way around CLI or Shell pretty well and not be afraid to do things like
- alter your MountList. This tutorial is based on my system and it's
- requirements, yours may be different, and therefore you will have to deviate
- from this tutorial. You should know your system and it's requirements. If
- you don't then you should ask someone that knows, maybe the salesperson who
- sold you CSB (if they are Amigawise and not just saleswise) or you can ask
- me. Proceed at your own risk, and don't yell at me if you or your computer
- gets screwed up.
-
- Here's how the installation was done:
- ------------------------------------
- 1) I bought Chaos Strikes Back. Only $29 with tax at Computer Mania.
- One hell of a bargain for such a wonderful game.
-
- 2) I became thoroughly frustrated with the floppy-only boots and no
- multitasking. (See 'MyStory')
-
- 3) I failed at normal hard drive install attempts. But then, I got
- an idea, and it worked.
-
- 4) I called a local BBS that wasn't down to process FIDO mail. (Up late!)
- From here I downloaded an archive call FMSDIS.LZH which I kindly
- put in this archive, so you don't have to call any BBS!
-
- 5) I backed up my hard drive, just to be safe. DO THIS!
-
- 6) I unarchived FMS and READ ALL OF THE DOCS. I copied FMSdisk.device to
- my DEVS: directory, and then I altered my DEVS:MountList to include FF0:
- according to the instructions of the mountlist example included in
- FMSDIS.LZH. I used FFS, made it Unit 0 and 0 - 79 tracks. Here is the
- exact MountList entry:
-
- FF0: Device = devs:fmsdisk.device
- FileSystem = l:FastFileSystem
- Unit = 0
- Flags = 1
- Surfaces = 2
- BlocksPerTrack = 11
- Reserved = 2
- Interleave = 0
- LowCyl = 0
- HighCyl = 79
- Buffers = 10
- BufMemType = 0
- GlobVec = -1
- DosType = 0x444F5301
- #
-
- 7) I created a new dir DH1:CSB and did an 'Assign FMS: DH1:CSB', all
- according to the docs supplied with FMSDIS.LZH. Then I used 'Mount FF0:'
- to make the system recognize the device, and then issued this command:
-
- 1> Format drive FF0: name DungeonMaster NOICONS
-
- You have to name it 'DungeonMaster' for this to work. You can do this
- while formatting or later with the 'Relabel' command.
-
- 8) I popped into FF0: to make sure it was working. Used the 'Info' command
- to make sure the device was recognized.
-
- 9) Then I went to the CSB Master Disk and copied all of the files from
- the root directory to FF0: (Copy df0: FF0:). I also copied from the C
- dir of the Master Disk the program called 'Version', although I don't
- think this particular one is necessary (Copy df0:c/Version FF0:). I
- also copied s/StartUp-Sequence from the Master Disk to FF0: (Copy
- df0:s/StartUp-Sequence FF0:). From FF0:, I renamed StartUp-Sequence to
- 'Start.SH'.
-
- 10) I took my editor and edited Start.SH down to this command:
-
- DungeonMaster:BJELoad_r
-
- 11) Then I created a file called CSB.sh into my S: directory. I added
- the .sh extension so CShell4.00a would auto-execute it. You do not
- need to do this if you don't use CShell. In the file I put the
- following commands:
-
- echo ""
- echo "Loading Chaos Strikes Back - FTL..."
- echo ""
- echo " Make sure that the DungeonMaster master disk is in df0:!"
- assign FMS: DH1:Chaos ;(Assign FMS: as required by FMS)
- mount FF0: ;(Mount the volume)
- cd ff0: ;(Go to the dir to fully load FF0:)
- start ;(CShell will auto-execute 'start.sh'
- ; you will need to put 'Execute
- ; Start.sh' if not using CShell)
-
- This script mounts FF0:, which should be named DungeonMaster:, goes to
- FF0: and executes the modified startup-sequence (Start.SH).
-
- If you use a saved game, you then will be required to insert your Save Game
- disk, and follow that procedure, the re-insert the Master Disk. If you wish
- to save your game, you are still required to insert a floppy into DF0: for
- that operation.
- If everything works right, the game will load from your hard drive and your
- face will be all smiley!
-
- Caution - Caution - Caution - Caution - Caution
- -----------------------------------------------
- Be very careful when working with your Chaos Strikes Back originals. Write-
- protect them and use a backup if you have one.
-
- For this hack to work, the original must be inserted into DF0: BEFORE the
- script is executed. If not then some, most, or all of it will be loaded
- from floppy and that is no fun. Plus the copy protection requires that the
- Master Disk be in DF0:
-
- When messing with your hard drive, please use a freshly backed up partition
- or drive. If something goes wrong, you will be very unhappy unless you
- have a backup handy.
-
- I take no responsibility for your originals, your hard drive, or your sanity
- if anything goes wrong while you are attempting this procedure
-
- UnCaution - UnCaution - UnCaution - UnCaution - UnCaution
- ---------------------------------------------------------
-
- I hope this works for you!
-
- You can reach me at the following places:
-
- US Snail:
- --------
- Jason Sims
- 8144 Woodcreek Dr.
- Florence, Ky 41042 <-Yup, it's the same town that the Rejuvenator Boards
- are from!
-
- BBS's:
- -----
- The Cafe' BBS (606)781-6998 HST! \ Both as
- Hellfire Club (606)371-0570 HST! / Jason Sims
- Amy's Warehouse (513)874-0832 HST? \ Both as
- Fishin' Hole (513)921-1703 HST! / Death Knight
-
- FIDONET: 1:108/245 (The Cafe' BBS)
- -------
- ECHONET: 50:5606/245 (The Cafe' BBS)
- -------
-
- This archive may be F'Req-ed from The Cafe' BBS (addresses above) by using
- the magic name of 'CSBHD' to receive the LHarc archive. The Cafe' BBS uses
- a Courier HST 9600 modem.
-
- -EOF-
-