I recently acquired a Sega Dreamcast. Among the things I'd like to try are: - DC NES emulator - DC Linux distribution I found instructions for burning a bootable Dreamcast CD online, such as a text file that comes with NesterDC 7.1. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work.
Basically, it creates a multisession CD with a throwaway audio track (4 seconds of silence, for example) first and then a data track. Then, 32768 bytes of bootloader were inserted into the image header and then the resulting file burned to disc with cdrecord. The commands work without errors, but the result is a disc that sends the Dreamcast to the audio CD player. In short, it does not boot. A recent page I read says the old method "involved a lot of fiddly command lines, and created discs that weren't compatible with newer Dreamcasts - in AUDIO/DATA format, as opposed to the newer DATA/DATA format.." I haven't been able to find anything newer for those of us using cdrecord. Has anyone done bootable CDs for a Dreamcast under Linux, and if so, how did you do it? I have access to Windows which can do what I need, but I'd prefer to do this under Linux, if only because I'm a stubborn jerk. For the record, I have only ROMs for the NES games I own. I believe that I've managed to stay clear of any blatant violations of copyright law in trying to do this, but if someone knows differently, please let me know. Regards, matt -- Curmudgeon Gamer - In your heart, you know they're right. http://curmudgeongamer.com/ -- Curmudgeon Gamer - In your heart, you know they're right. http://curmudgeongamer.com/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
