Re: Loading GS games into a hard disk

[KP <kjpmail@gmail.com>]

On May 17, 9:46 pm, "Bill Garber" <willy4...@garberstreet.com> wrote:
> "KP" <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:b4fe4369-
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> 64af-4be8-9ed4-07de1e037...@f13g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
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> > Are various GS games configured in such a way that they
> > cannot run if the files are all transferred from a floppy
> > to a hard disk?  For example, Arkanoid 2 appears to hang
> > when booted from a subdirectory of a hard disk rather than
> > from the original floppy.
>
> > Or do I just need to do some special trick with the
> > configuration to make it work?  
>
> Most times it will work if the folder has the same name
> as the disk volume.
>
> Bill

So most games are written to reference the root directory by name
rather than by slot/drive or by implication?