Posted by lindz- on 29, 2000 at 2:41 PM:
In Reply to: How do I make a disk that only boots Advance MAME and ArcadeOS? I am using Win98 and an arcade monitor. posted by Jeremy Cline on 29, 2000 at 8:56 AM:
I assume what you want is a simple option to boot either windows or advanced mame. If so this should do the job - it will present you with a menu before windows boots asking what you want, follow the steps below.
1. drop to dos and ensure your on the c:\ prompt
2. type attrib -r -s -h msdos.sys
3. edit msdos.sys
4. find the entry bootgui=1 and change it to 0 then save.
5. type attrib +r +s +h msdos.sys
6. edit config.sys
7. go to the very top of the file before anything else add the below :
[menu]
menuitem=MAM, Mame
menuitem=WIN, Windowz
menudefault=WIN,10
[MAM]
[WIN]
8. under [MAM] but before [WIN] add any dos drivers you need for your advanced mame setup under dos. Dont worry if there isnt any, I dont have any on mine.
9. under [WIN] leave all the entrys that where in config.sys before you edited it, it should be like this already as you added the above to the very top of the file.
10. save and exit.
11. edit autoexec.bat
12. add the below entrys to the very top of your autoexec.bat :
@echo off
goto %config%
:MAM
cd \arcadeos
arcadeos
goto end
:WIN
win
goto end
:end
13. Im assuming your using arcadeos if you are not then just change the cd arcadeos etc to whatever gui your using.
14. under the WIN: section but before the win command add all the entrys that are below :end - ie the entrys that where in the file before we added our bit.
15. save and exit.
Reboot and you will find a menu comes up - after 10 seconds it will boot windows (if you want to change the amount of time, its the 10 on the menudefault= command in config.sys). If you use arrow up and down you will be able choose between booting windows or arcadeos/advanced mame etc.