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Tutorial: How to create and/or burn a Dreamcast disc

This tutorial has three sections:
1 - General Info you should know.
2 - Burning a .CDI with BootDreams
3 - How to create and burn your own DC image with BootDreams


1General Info:

Media:
You'll need CDRs. Best are 80min/700Mbyte. CDRWs and other media are -NOT- supported.

You do -NOT- need a modded DC. About any Dreamcast will work with CDRs. Very, very few won't.


Format:
Standard in Dreamcast software is the DiscJuggler .CDI format. Nero's .NRG format would not work on MAC and LINUX, also any Nero version newer than 5.5 had its problems with the DC format.

Most downloads for Dreamcast come as .ZIP or .RAR files. WinRAR should help you with unzipping/unraring:
http://www.winrar-rog.com/eindex.html



2 Burning a .CDI file with BootDreams:

To burn a *.CDI file, it's recommend to use BootDreams' CDI-burner. BootDreams is VERY easy to use and it's for free:

Download: http://dchelp.dcemulation.com/index....dreams_061.exe
Website: http://dchelp.dcemulation.com/?BootDreams


1. Download BootDreams and install it to e.g. C:/BootDreams/

2. Download the image you'd like to burn and unzip/unrar it somewhere, e.g. to C:/

3. Start BootDreams and choose "CDI Burner". Now click on "Browse" and point BootDreams to the CDI you would like to burn.

4. Click on "Burn CDI Image". That's it.


If BootDreams doesn't recognize your CD drive, download WNASPI32.ZIP and unzip it in your C:/BootDreams/Tools/ folder:
http://dchelp.dcemulation.com/index....d=wnaspi32.zip


Other:
Nero Burning ROM isn't recommend for Dreamcast software but Alcohol120% (in TAO mode) works good too. Download the free trial version here:
http://trial.alcohol-soft.com/en/download_120.php



3 How to create and burn your own DC image with BootDreams:

1. Download BootDreams and install it to e.g. C:/BootDreams/

2. Download the emulator/game/app you would like to burn and put it in a dedicated folder, e.g. C:/BootDreams/SNES4ALL/

3. Now unzip/unrar your emulator/game/app into that same folder. The 1ST_READ.BIN contains the actual DC programme.

4. Start BootDreams and point it to C:/BootDreams/SNES4ALL/. It will then guide you trough the process. I recommend the 'CDRecord' method.


Once again: if BootDreams doesn't recognize your CD drive, download WNASPI32.ZIP and unzip it in your C:/BootDreams/Tools/ folder:
http://dchelp.dcemulation.com/index....d=wnaspi32.zip

author: Christuserloeser Wink
sloth1991

what about the error "Sorry bootdreams doesnt know how to handle CDI images with 2 t tracks in the first session"????
sloth1991

OKAY so i dled your copy of Jet Grind radio. i followed this very very clearly i turned on bootdreams then went to CD Image, then searched for it, i clicked on it and clicked okay then a small DOS like box came up and said it was being made exc then it kicked out the disc sounds like itd work. well i put it in my DC and it keep telling me to put a disc in i also tried with DOA 2 i dled from a torrent. so am i doing something wrong or is it the fact i own a Black sega Sports ed DC? i heard that it was one of the few DC's that dont play burned games. Rolling Eyes
admin

ya It may be because of your system. I didnt know that the sega sports edition didnt play burnt games Confused
sloth1991

well ill look it up and find out if its true or not but i tried like 6 games all dif ways none worked Sad
domi12

yo man u out of luck man th dreamcast is from nov. down is hard to play burned disc i think u need a boot disk try to burned this

http://rapidshare.com/files/24063220/UtopiaALL.rar

i hope this solves ur problem lol Smile
Zereox

good guide but this is not yours.Please give credits to original author:Christuserloeser
ladiesman217

lol you should use alcohol 120% its so easy plus there are tutorial on how to burn dc games on you tube lol also I'm pretty sure your dc needs to be built before or in the year 1999

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