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hgbrett

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How can i get Privateer to run w/ my Win Me operating system?I've read a way how, but I did'nt know how to do it. The site I read it at is www.geocities.com/mfd4life_2000/
I didn't know how to create the temp directory, and i'm sure i'd get lost somewhere else after that.
 
You have to create a bootdisk. There are dozens of threads in this forum on this subject, including the FAQ thread that's stuck up there. If those aren't of any use, post your autoexec.bat and config.sys setups and someone will help you out.
 
You could try making a bootdisk from a Win95 or Win98 system, apparently WinME will still accept those.
 
How would ME "accept" the bootdisk? You use a bootdisk when you haven't got an OS installed or you want to bypass it for whatever reason. The OS you have installed doesn't come into play.
 
Perhaps this should help.

go to BIOS setup and check the boot priorities. Make it boot from your disk drive first, and insert the bootdisk and the computer will boot from the diskette instead of the harddisk.

If your Harddisk partition is rather advance, then the bootdisk should use a later DOS system, since Before Win95 ain't good in reading newer partitions.


Forgive my jargon, but I'm a student of psychology, not a computer whiz. Hope this explains.
 
I'm trying to get Privateer to work on my new PC but I'm having an awful time.

Here's my config.sys and autoexec.bat from my hard-drive:

Config.sys
===============
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE

Autoexec.bat
===============
SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H7 P330 T6
SET SBPCI=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\AUDIO\DOSDRV

And here's what I have on my bootdisk. Any ideas?

Config.sys
===============
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE 3072 RAM
DOS=UMB
DOS=HIGH
FILES=25
BUFFERS=25
LASTDRIVE=E
DEVICE=VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:MSCD001

Autoexec.bat
===============
@ECHO OFF
PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS;
PROMPT $P$G
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /M:5 /D:MSCD001
SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H7 P330 T6
SET SBPCI=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\AUDIO\DOSDRV
 
Try with this:

Config.sys
===============
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE 16384 i=b000-b7ff

DOS=UMB
DOS=HIGH
FILES=25
BUFFERS=25
LASTDRIVE=E
DEVICEHIGH=VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:MSCD001

Autoexec.bat
===============
PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS;
PROMPT $P$G
LH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /M:5 /D:MSCD001
SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H7 P330 T6
SET SBPCI=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\AUDIO\DOSDRV
 
Thanks Ghost. I'm getting closer now...I can feel it. I made a couple of small adjust because I update me cdrom drive since the old one wasn't recognized. So the bootdisk looks like this now;

Config.sys
===============
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE 3072 RAM
DOS=UMB
DOS=HIGH
FILES=25
BUFFERS=25
LASTDRIVE=E

[common]
DEVICE=C:\windows\cdrom\AOATAPI.SYS /D:IDECD000

Autoexec.bat
===============
@ECHO OFF
PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS;
PROMPT $P$G
LH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /M:5 /D:IDECD000
SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H7 P330 T6
SET SBPCI=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\AUDIO\DOSDRV
c:\ctmouse\ctmouse.exe

Everything seems to be working fine, but when the cd spins up and makes like its going into privateer, the screen goes black, but nothing ever happens. Any idea?
:rolleyes:
 
Try Runing Priv from your HD:

Copy the Priv.tre and RF.tre to your Privateer directory, then edit the Priv.cfg and Rf.cfg with the new path for the *.tre files.
 
Nopers :( It does the same thing. I determined that it is some sort of conflict with my sound settings. If I set both music and sound to "none" it runs great. If I choose midi for music it locks up. Anything else and I get "check sound config". :rolleyes:
 
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