Re: How to get Test Drive II to run from a hard drive

[lambert@erc.msstate.edu (Brian K. Lambert)]

I created a separate 800K partition of my hard drive (a Vulcan), and called it
something like TD2MASTER.  The name has to exactly match the name of the
original floppy.

I copied all of the contents of the floppy into that partition.  When I want to
play the game, I set that partition to be the boot partition and reboot the
machine.  I installed some scenary disks too.  Works great, though I guess
having to reboot the machine is a little cumbersome.

I'm not sure if I ever tried just placing the disk contents into a folder.  It's
been ages since I messed with it.  If you try it, I would try naming the folder
TD2MASTER, or whatever the name of the disk is.

cheers,
Brian


Giorgio Ungarelli (giorgio@ungarelli.net) wrote:
: That's interesting.  Can anybody post these instructions on the newsgroup
: (english or french is fine) again?

: Thanks.

: "Rich J." <aiiadict@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: 370265cd.0202261259.6ca2aa5f@posting.google.com">news:370265cd.0202261259.6ca2aa5f@posting.google.com...
: > Greg Buchner <nobody@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
: news:<nobody-326063.16364025022002@hermes-ge0.rdc-kc.rr.com>...
: > > In article <3c7a58d7_2@news.tiscalinet.ch>,
: > >  "Giorgio Ungarelli" <giorgio@ungarelli.net> wrote:
: > >
: > > > Anybody else have this problem and is there a solution?
: > >
: > > Yep.  Booted the game (Test Drive II) off of the floppy and it worked
: > > great.  But it's been years since I've played it...
: > >
: >
: >
: > Test Drive II can be run from a hard drive..  There are instructions
: > somewhere on the net that tell how.  They were originally in French
: > and then someone translated it and posted it to this newsgroup.
: >
: > It involved putting a folder on your hard drive with a specific
: > name and I don't know what else..
: >
: > Rich
: > aiiadict AT hotmail DOT com
: > http://rich12345.tripod.com