rec.autos.simulators

by **Morris Jone** » Fri, 11 Dec 1998 04:00:00

If I add another HD, will I be able to install my Directx 6 games on it
and leave me other HD and games like(GPL), that I can not seem to get to
work with DX6 alone. IF so what is the easiest way of doing that. Or can
I just split the one I have

Thanks
MJ

by **TRUSRS** » Fri, 11 Dec 1998 04:00:00

That wouldn't matter because windows (95, 98) is everywhere. It will use
dirextX 6 no matter where u install it

I think. I have no clue.

by **Don Hancoc** » Fri, 11 Dec 1998 04:00:00

>>If I add another HD, will I be able to install my Directx 6 games on it
>>and leave me other HD and games like(GPL), that I can not seem to get to
>>work with DX6 alone. IF so what is the easiest way of doing that. Or can
>>I just split the one I have

>That wouldn't matter because windows (95, 98) is everywhere. It will use
>dirextX 6 no matter where u install it

>I think. I have no clue.

Well, Win9x isn't exactly "everywhere" BUT it doesn't matter whether you
have 1 drive or 10: if your BOOT drive has DX6, Win9x will load it into
memory and every program that utilizes it (or wants to) will. If you want
to AVOID using DX6 in specific games, you'll either have to pray for an
option to disable it during install or you're S.O.L.
BTW, most Pentium computers will tolerate 4 IDE devices (on a few
occasions 5, if your sound card has an IDE port): one boot hard drive;
normally an IDE CD; and up to 2 other drives. If you only have 1 drive with
a CD you can actually add TWO more drives! Set one aside for specific games
that may grow with addon's/tracks/cars, etc.

Don Hancock
"Gunner"
ICQ 24045680

by **Cota Wyrmhear** » Fri, 11 Dec 1998 04:00:00

The only way to do this (I'm pretty sure) would be set up a dual boot
operating system. One OS would have DX6 and the other wouldnt. I'm not sure
however if you can dual boot to identical operating systems, but I'm sure
you could. Direct X resides in your operating system, not on any specific
harddrive. (physically it would be on the drive your OS is on.) Adding
another harddrive will not help in that regard. And yes, with enough space,
you should be able to partition your existing drive and run two operating
systems off of that. (I think :))

-Cota

>If I add another HD, will I be able to install my Directx 6 games on it
>and leave me other HD and games like(GPL), that I can not seem to get to
>work with DX6 alone. IF so what is the easiest way of doing that. Or can
>I just split the one I have

>Thanks
>MJ

by **Graeme Nas** » Fri, 11 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Now THAT is a script for a horror film! :-)

Cheers!
--
Graeme Nash

http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk

ICQ# 11257824

by **René van Lobbere** » Sat, 12 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Yeah, and the really scary part is that it's too damn close to
the truth.
--
Ren van Lobberegt, The Netherlands.

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http://renevanl.www.cistron.nl/cheetah/index_nl.html

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by **Daxe Rexfor** » Sat, 12 Dec 1998 04:00:00

>The only way to do this (I'm pretty sure) would be set up a dual boot
>operating system. One OS would have DX6 and the other wouldnt. I'm not sure
>however if you can dual boot to identical operating systems, but I'm sure
>you could.

Yes, you can. Even on the same drive, with system commander. Just do the
second install of Win9x in a differently named directory.

I have had 5 OSes (Win95, Win95 OSR2, WinNT4, DOS 6.2/Wfwg3.11, Red Hat
Linux) booting on the same drive and it was only a 1.6 G. One thing to
remember, thouugh, is if you installed games from a CD that needs to be left
in the drive to play the game, your CD drive letter will change when you add
drives or partition existing drives, so the game may need to be reinstalled.
Sometimes you can just change an *.ini file or two and/or scan the registry
for the path to the old CD drive letter and change those values instead of
reinstalling.

daxe

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by **ssra** » Sat, 12 Dec 1998 04:00:00

>> >windows (95, 98) is everywhere.
>> Now THAT is a script for a horror film! :-)

>Yeah, and the really scary part is that it's too damn close to
>the truth.

What you dont feel like having 3.1, 95. 95sr2, 98, NT4, NT5b2 AND
linux on one system??.
I did try it with system commander and it did work, but now that I
have "upgraded" all my clients to 98 or NT4 I am down to those (plus
linux for fun),
So in answer to the original question, yes you can have a DX5 and
DX6 system but you will need system commander to make it easy, just
make sure you know which OS you are in before installing the game.

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