Just an update that may help someone. I netboot my Net DIMM from my Hyperspin machine that sits next to my MvsC2 cab. I wanted a quick way to take all the roms that were linked in this thread and make BAT files out of them as I described in post 44 above. However, I didn't want to do it 1 by 1 so I found a script that worked wonders and will hopefully help others. I can move this post elsewhere if you think it would be better served or more appropriate.
I first used a CMD window to output a DIR.TXT file that has a listing of all the BIN files. I did this command from within my c:\temp directory.
Code:
dir *.bin /b /a-d > dir.txt
Then,
IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTORY than your original BIN ROMs, using the DIR.TXT file just created, I was able to create all the files I needed to begin the BAT file process.
**********CAUTION**********
IF YOU DO THIS IN THE SAME DIRECTORY AS YOUR NAOMI ROMS (BIN) YOU WILL OVERWRITE THEM.
I moved the DIR.TXT to c:\TEMP2 and left my BIN ROMs in c:\TEMP
**********CAUTION**********
Since the directory we listed had all the BIN files, the DIR.TXT file will have a list of all the BIN filenames.
It will look something like:
18_Wheeler_DX.bin
18_Wheeler_STD.bin
AirlinePilots.bin
Akatsuki_Bk_Ausf_Achse.bin
AlienFront.bin
etc...
NOTE:
The code below does not like spaces in the filenames so, before creating files, I replaced all the spaces in the DIR.TXT file with a tilde (~). You can remove the spaces from the original BIN filenames in the first place, which is much easier, or do it my way.
Then,
in a different folder (I used c:\temp2), I ran the following script:
Code:
for /f %i in (dir.txt) do echo. > %i start cmd.exe /c transfergame.exe 192.168.1.5 %i
You'll most likely need to change the IP address to whatever you use but that is what I use for my Net DIMM.
You end up with a directory full of BIN files that each contain a 1 line command that references its filename
For example
DeadOrAlive2Millenium.bin that I just created now has the text within:
start cmd.exe /c transfergame.exe 192.168.1.5 DeadOrAlive2Millenium.bin
Then, just rename all BIN files to BAT files:
I also use a FREE program called
File Renamer Basic to rename all the BIN file extensions to BAT.
Then, move all the new BAT files back to directory with all the Naomi BINs and boom... I have all 211 BAT files ready to flash the Net DIMM with the original BIN files.
The one bump in the process was changing the ~ (tildes) back to spaces. File Renamer easily did this for me but I had to edit about 10 files on the inside that contained tildes. I used
Window Grep to make quick work of that. Again, it would have been easier to just take the spaces out of the original BIN filenames in first place.
Let me know if this helps or if anyone needs more clarification.
Cheers!
- I was really struggling with trying how to convert a Mameset into .bin files
