AdvanceCD on Linux

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Hello List,

I just joined the list and hope to get some answers that I couldn't find in
the forums.

I'm an experienced Linux user (acutally a Linux SysAdmin by profession) and
am trying to use the AdvanceCD tools to create a bootable CD in Fedora 9.

I'm not very familiar with the AdvanceMAME packages. I've seen them before,
but only today have downloaded them. I've installed AdvanceMAME,
AdvanceMESS, and AdvanceMENU from source so far, though AdvanceMENU keeps
telling me that I need to specify an emulator in the config file.  It
doesn't tell me where the config file is or what it's named so that I can
use find to look for it. So any help there would be useful.

I've extracted the AdvanceCD files from the tar.gz archive and have created
the image/arcade directories in the advancecd-2.6.2 directory. It's absolute
path is /home/[username]/Download/advancecd-2.6.2/image/arcade/ and I've
added the artwork, bezel, bios, cabinet, diff, flyer, icon, image, marquee,
music, rom, sample, snap, and software directories below that.

I've copied all of my rom.zip files and snap.png files into their proper
directories (I have SDLMame installed and running just fine) and believe
that I'm now ready to create my CD image.

The problem is, I can't seem to figure out where I need to be running the
contrib/makecd.sh script from. Every place that I try it, I get an error
about the correct folder. Looking at the script's code doesn't help, because
it doesn't have the proper folder path documented in it anywhere.

I see numerous requests in the forums for a step-by-step guide to
successfully creating a bootable CD, in the forums, and most have gone
largely unanswered. I'd like to create that guide and share it with other. I
know that this isn't simple if I can't do it in the matter of a few minutes
being that I deal with enterprise-level linux server issues on a daily basis
and am very familiar with the Linux filesystem and command line. I can't
imagine how frustrating it is for those that have very little knowledge of
Linux.

Thanks in advance for you assistance.

-- Bunkaido

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Hello List, <br><br>I just joined the list and hope to get some answers tha=
t I couldn&#39;t find in the forums.<br><br>I&#39;m an experienced Linux us=
er (acutally a Linux SysAdmin by profession) and am trying to use the Advan=
ceCD tools to create a bootable CD in Fedora 9.<br>
<br>I&#39;m not very familiar with the AdvanceMAME packages. I&#39;ve seen =
them before, but only today have downloaded them. I&#39;ve installed Advanc=
eMAME, AdvanceMESS, and AdvanceMENU from source so far, though AdvanceMENU =
keeps telling me that I need to specify an emulator in the config file.&nbs=
p; It doesn&#39;t tell me where the config file is or what it&#39;s named s=
o that I can use find to look for it. So any help there would be useful.<br=
>
<br>I&#39;ve extracted the AdvanceCD files from the tar.gz archive and have=
 created the image/arcade directories in the advancecd-2.6.2 directory. It&=
#39;s absolute path is /home/[username]/Download/advancecd-2.6.2/image/arca=
de/ and I&#39;ve added the artwork, bezel, bios, cabinet, diff, flyer, icon=
, image, marquee, music, rom, sample, snap, and software directories below =
that.<br>
<br>I&#39;ve copied all of my rom.zip files and snap.png files into their p=
roper directories (I have SDLMame installed and running just fine) and beli=
eve that I&#39;m now ready to create my CD image.<br><br>The problem is, I =
can&#39;t seem to figure out where I need to be running the contrib/makecd.=
sh script from. Every place that I try it, I get an error about the correct=
 folder. Looking at the script&#39;s code doesn&#39;t help, because it does=
n&#39;t have the proper folder path documented in it anywhere.<br>
<br>I see numerous requests in the forums for a step-by-step guide to succe=
ssfully creating a bootable CD, in the forums, and most have gone largely u=
nanswered. I&#39;d like to create that guide and share it with other. I kno=
w that this isn&#39;t simple if I can&#39;t do it in the matter of a few mi=
nutes being that I deal with enterprise-level linux server issues on a dail=
y basis and am very familiar with the Linux filesystem and command line. I =
can&#39;t imagine how frustrating it is for those that have very little kno=
wledge of Linux.<br>
<br>Thanks in advance for you assistance.<br><br>-- Bunkaido<br><br>-------=
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e-mail is confidential and should not be used by anyone who is not the orig=
inal intended recipient. It should not be photocopied, transmitted via walk=
ie-talkie, CB radio, satellite dish, cable TV, overhead projector, smoke si=
gnal, Morse code, pig Latin, sign language, short hand, or any other means.=
 This e-mail is under no circumstances to be translated into French. This e=
-mail is not to be ridiculed, mocked, judged in a competition, or read alou=
d in funny accents while wearing fake moustaches and/or hats of any sort in=
cluding, but not limited to, bandanna. People taking certain prescription m=
edications may experience nausea, hysteria, vomiting, and short term memory=
 loss while reading this e-mail. If you have received this e-mail in error =
it&#39;s probably because I was drinking when I typed the e-mail address.<b=
r>


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