Eight Ball Deluxe V2.0 needs substantially less conventional memory, so you
probably don't need to create a boot disk for memory purposes.  You may still
want to create a bootdisk if you don't have an expanded (EMS) memory manager
installed on your system and prefer not to make changes to your system-setup.


Creating a CLEAN boot disk:


To create a clean boot disk, perform the following operations:


1.  Get a disk whose contents you don't mind overwriting.


2.  Format the disk using the DOS format command.  Substitute B: for
    A: if you are using Drive B:.

        'FORMAT A: /s /v'

    Follow the on-screen instructions.


3.  Use DOS's EDIT command to edit a config.sys file on your floppy disk.
    Make sure that you specify the disk drive in which your floppy is.

    eg. 'EDIT A:CONFIG.SYS'

    Type the following:

    DOS = HIGH,UMB
    DEVICE = C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
    DEVICE = C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE 2048 RAM

    Examine your config.sys on your hard drive and find the line that loads
    the CD-ROM driver.  Put this same line in the config.sys on the floppy.

4.  Similarly, use DOS's EDIT command to edit an autoexec.bat file on your
    floppy disk.  Again, make sure that you specify the disk drive in which
    your floppy is.

    eg. 'EDIT A:AUTOEXEC.BAT'

    Type the following:

    lh C:\DOS\MSCDEX /d:mscd001 /m:10
    lh C:\DOS\SMARTDRV
    C:
    CD \AMTEX\8BALLDLX
    8BALLDLX


Note:

1)  If you installed Eight Ball Deluxe 2.0 in a directory other than
    C:\AMTEX\8BALLDLX, adjust the example accordingly.

2)  The parameters for MSCDEX on your particular system may be different from
    the example.  Examine the autoexec.bat on your hard drive
    (C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT) and adjust the above example as necessary.


