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Installing DOS 6.22 in MESS

Introduction

This guide will walk you through the process of getting MS-DOS running within the MAME ct486 machine. We'll cover off some of the specific tweaks required when installing DOS

For general information on the MESS project and how to use it including external references see the dedicated MESS Page

Prerequisites

A CHD
A copy of the MS-DOS 6.22 floppies.

Process

Having created a CHD to use you will now boot the ct486 driver with the hdd attached.

The ct486 driver doesn't have an auto configure HDD in the bios so you'll need to know your Cylinders, Heads and Sectors (CHS) values in relation to the CHD you are going to use. If you don't have the CHS information you can query the CHD image directly for this information, refer to the chdman Guide on how to do this.

Boot the ct486 machine with the hdd attached

$ ./mame64 ct486 -hard1 <chdname.chd>

On first boot you can expect the CMOS checksum to fail, the machine BIOS setup values will need to be entered.

Hit the F1 key on your keyboard to resume and enter the BIOS setup screen.

Under STANDARD CMOS SETUP configure the HDD and the FDD if not already configured

HDD (This is where you will need your CHS values from earlier)

Type: 47=USER TYPE
Cyln: <Cylinders>
Head: <Heads>
Sect: <Sectors>

It is not necessary to modify WPcom or LZone

FDD

Type: 1.44MB

Press ESC to exit this screen and select WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT from the main menu, answer Y when prompted

This only needs to be completed the first time you boot the machine. MAME will create a nvram file on the hosts hard drive (not the CHD) under nvram/ct486 which will maintain the configured state between machine boots.

Shutdown the machine (close MAME) and restart the ct486 with the first floppy disk installed

$ ./mame64 ct486 -hard1 <chdname.chd> -flop1 <disk01.img>

The machine should begin to boot the MS-DOS setup you will known this because you will see "Starting MS-DOS" on the machine. If your machine appears to hang here see Troubleshooting -> Installation further down this page.

Continue through the standard setup as prompted, applying the defaults unless you have specific requirement for partitioning etc.

When prompted for the next disk press the Scroll Lock key to toggle to Partial Emulation mode and press TAB to enter the MAME UI. Scroll down to File Manager then select the floppy drive disk image, press Enter to browse for the next disk. Once the disk has been selected press TAB again close the MAME UI

If required interact with the machine as prompted so it checks for the newly inserted disk, e.g. press Enter

Once the setup complets the machine will prompt you and then reboot, power off the machine (close MAME) and start the machine without the disk image attached so it will boot from the drive

Troubleshooting

Installation

If your machine appears to hang here reboot the machine again and press F5 to drop to a A:\> prompt.

For reference the md5 of the disks we use in this guide are

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 '''
   <nowiki>
-$ ./mame64 ct486 -hard1 <chdname.chd>
+$ ./mame64 ct486 -hard1 <chdname.chd></nowiki>
-</nowiki>
 '''
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-Hit the F1 key on your keyboard to resume and enter the BIOS setup screen.
+Hit the '''F1''' key on your keyboard to resume and enter the BIOS setup screen.
-Under STANDARD CMOS SETUP configure the HDD and the FDD if not already configured
+Under '''STANDARD CMOS SETUP''' configure the HDD and the FDD if not already configured
-HDD: (This is where you need you CHS values from earlier)
+HDD ''(This is where you will need your CHS values from earlier)''
+'''
+ <nowiki>
 Type: 47=USER TYPE
 Cyln: <Cylinders>
 Head: <Heads>
-Sect: <Sectors>
+Sect: <Sectors></nowiki>
+'''
+It is not necessary to modify WPcom or LZone
+FDD
+'''
+ <nowiki>
+Type: 1.44MB</nowiki>
+'''
+Press ESC to exit this screen and select '''WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT''' from the main menu, answer '''Y''' when prompted
+This only needs to be completed the first time you boot the machine. MAME will create a nvram file on the hosts hard drive (not the CHD) under nvram/ct486 which will maintain the configured state between machine boots.
+Shutdown the machine (close MAME) and restart the ct486 with the first floppy disk installed
+'''
+ <nowiki>
+$ ./mame64 ct486 -hard1 <chdname.chd> -flop1 <disk01.img></nowiki>
+'''
+The machine should begin to boot the MS-DOS setup you will known this because you will see ''"Starting MS-DOS"'' on the machine. If your machine appears to hang here see Troubleshooting -> Installation further down this page.
+Continue through the standard setup as prompted, applying the defaults unless you have specific requirement for partitioning etc.
+When prompted for the next disk press the '''Scroll Lock''' key to toggle to ''Partial Emulation mode'' and press '''TAB''' to enter the MAME UI. Scroll down to '''File Manager''' then select the floppy drive disk image, press '''Enter''' to browse for the next disk. Once the disk has been selected press '''TAB''' again close the MAME UI
+If required interact with the machine as prompted so it checks for the newly inserted disk, e.g. press '''Enter'''
-Do not modify WPcom or LZone
+Once the setup complets the machine will prompt you and then reboot, power off the machine (close MAME) and start the machine without the disk image attached so it will boot from the drive
-Press ESC to exit this screen and select WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT from the main menu, answer Y when prompted
+== Troubleshooting ==
+=== Installation ===
+If your machine appears to hang here reboot the machine again and press '''F5''' to drop to a '''A:\>''' prompt.
-Once this is done the first time MAME will create a nvram file on the hosts hard drive under nvram/ct486 which will maintain the configured state between machine boots.

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