Manual

over to the drive that contains thesimulation directory. For example, if youinstalled the program to your C drive,change your system by typing C:. Nowpress the Enter Key.2. Once you have accessed the properdrive, change over to the proper directory.If you selected the default MPS/F14directory, you can change to that directoryby typing cd MPS/F14. Now press theEnter Key.3. Type F14. Press the Enter Key to beginthe simulation.HARD DRIVE REQUIREMENTSBefore installing FLEET DEFENDER ,make sure that you have at least 14 MBof available space on your hard drive. Youcan determine the amount of availablehard drive space through the use of theMS-DOS utility chkdsk. Run this utilityaccording to the instructions found in yourMS-DOS manual. The fifth line of thedisplay indicates the amount of hard drivespace available.MAKING A BOOT DISKIf you feel uncomfortable about modifyingyour AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYSfiles, or you are unable to free upadequate conventional memory, your bestbet is to utilize a boot disk. A boot diskcreates a temporary configuration for yourcomputer that is compatible with FLEETDEFENDER .Use the boot disk to start your systemwhenever FLEET DEFENDER is to beloaded. That way, your normal systemconfiguration is unaffected.You must first install FLEET DEFENDERon to your computer before running theboot disk utility. Return to the “Installation”section and follow the instructions foundthere.To Make A Boot Disk1. Insert a blank, formatted disk into yourcomputer’s A drive. (You must use yourcomputer’s A drive, since it cannot bootfrom the B drive.)2. Change your drive over to the directorycontainingthesimulation files.3. Type bootdisk and press the Enter Key.4. If you have a ProAudio Spectrumsound card installed, type bootdisk pasand press the Enter Key.The boot disk utility accesses yourexisting AUTOEXEC.BAT andCONFIG.SYS files for various pieces ofinformation. It also searches your harddrive for required information not found inthose two files. If it is unable to find anypart of the required information, itprompts you to supply the information.For example, suppose you renamed thedirectory in which your mouse driverresides to MY_MOUSE and moved it tothe E drive. The boot disk utility would notknow to look in that location for yourmouse driver. You must supply thisinformation when prompted. In thisexample, the response would be:e:\my_mouse\mouse.comUsing the Boot DiskAfter making the boot disk, place it indrive A and reboot your computer. Theboot disk configures your system forFLEET DEFENDER , and automaticallystarts the program.Restarting your SystemWhen you are finished with FLEETDEFENDER , remove the boot disk fromyour computer’s A drive, and reboot yoursystem. Your system will restart with yournormal configuration.