Sierra Boot Disk Maker
                                BOOTDISK.EXE

WHY USE A BOOT DISK?
Although your computer has a large amount of memory installed, you may
still be experiencing "insufficient memory" errors due to the configuration
of your particular computer. 

There are many TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs available for
today's IBM compatible systems. TSR programs are nothing more than
programs that load into your system's memory and allow you to continue to
use your computer for other applications. Since these programs stay in
memory, they use memory that our games may require. Examples of TSR
programs are mouse drivers, disk compression utilities, memory managers,
disk cache programs and many more. Often these programs are required for
proper functionality of your system and simply need to be loaded in
different areas of your system's memory.

The boot disk is also used to make changes to your system's
configuration without changing the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT files you
currently use.  It is likely that your current configuration works fine
with all your other programs and the changes need to be made only for the
game you are playing. If we were to change your normal settings, it is
possible that other programs may not function correctly.  Therefore the
boot disk insures that your system stays configured for all your other
software while allowing you to play the game or games with special needs.

BOOTDISK.EXE makes it easy to create a boot disk on almost any IBM
compatible system. Although we cannot guarantee that the boot disk maker
will work on all systems, using BOOTDISK.EXE is an easy & quick way to
create the boot disk required for playing your game.

HOW BOOTDISK.EXE WORKS:
BOOTDISK.EXE is easy to use! Simply place a blank disk in drive A:, type
BOOTDISK  <ENTER> and follow the simple on screen instructions.  Since
different games require different configurations, there are some options 
you may need to use for the boot disk to work correctly with your game. 
Below, we have listed some of these options and how they are used.

NOTE: You must use lower case letters for the option to work correctly.
UPPERCASE LETTERS ARE NOT RECOGNIZED.

BOOTDISK -? <ENTER>
This command will display the BOOTDISK help file as well as all the
available options for creating a boot disk for your system and game.

BOOTDISK -c <ENTER>
This command adds CD-ROM drivers to the boot disk for use with
CD games. PLEASE NOTE: Do not use this option unless the game you are 
trying to make the boot disk for is a CD-ROM game. CD-ROM drivers require 
large amounts of memory and could inhibit the performance of your floppy 
disk based game.

BOOTDISK -e
This command configures the boot disk for EMS (Expanded) memory. For
example, Aces of the Pacific and Front Page Sports Football from Dynamix
require EMS memory. Do not use this option unless your game needs EMS
memory. Many of today's systems have XMS (Extended) memory which can be
converted to EMS memory by configuring the system differently. Use this
option to ensure proper functionality if your game requires EMS memory.

BOOTDISK -dC:\SIERRA -rSQ4 <ENTER>
This command causes the boot disk to change to the C:\SIERRA> directory and
run the SQ4.BAT (Space Quest IV) program. PLEASE NOTE: You will need to
replace the SQ4 with the letters that start the game you are playing.  For
example, if you were playing King's Quest 6, you would replace the SQ4 with
KQ6. If the game does not start when you reboot your system with the boot
disk in drive A:, the most likely cause would be that the path or file name
are incorrect for the game you are playing.