Hard Disk Files from Command Line

[xevious1974]

I am trying to load a zip hard disk file (WHDLOAD?) directly from command line.

I dont know the command line to put to start a such file

for cd32 is -cdimage=
for adf is -0
but for a whdload?

Why it is so difficult to find complete list of command line on internet for winuae?
Can anyone help me pls?
regards

[emufan]

indeed, not much is known about those features.

here is WinUAE Help website, lists some command line options, but not whdload related.

I found something about WinUAELoader.
using this you may have some command line option to start whdload games.
here is some more description from a related forum.
maybe this does the job you want to do.

WinUAELoader.exe [-mode [gamebase | whdload | sps | demobase | auto]] -rom "file"
WinUAELoader.exe -mode whdload -rom "NinjaRemix_v1.3.zip"
 WinUAELoader.exe -rom "NinjaRemix_v1.3.zip"

[Toni Wilen]

You are trying to make it too complex. Just use command line to load a HD config file. (winuae.exe -f your_config_file.uae)

"Generic" A500/A1200 unexpanded/CD32 config exists. "Generic" HD config does not.

[xevious1974]

Originally Posted by emufan

indeed, not much is known about those features.

here is WinUAE Help website, lists some command line options, but not whdload related.

I found something about WinUAELoader.
using this you may have some command line option to start whdload games.
here is some more description from a related forum.
maybe this does the job you want to do.

WinUAELoader.exe [-mode [gamebase | whdload | sps | demobase | auto]] -rom "file"
WinUAELoader.exe -mode whdload -rom "NinjaRemix_v1.3.zip"
 WinUAELoader.exe -rom "NinjaRemix_v1.3.zip"

Thank you! I have to study a little whdloader. Tried but something gone wrong.

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

You are trying to make it too complex. Just use command line to load a HD config file. (winuae.exe -f your_config_file.uae)

"Generic" A500/A1200 unexpanded/CD32 config exists. "Generic" HD config does not.

Thank you for your reply. So, for 10 different roms I have to create 10 different config file. That's the reason I have started using fs-uae through front end (I prefer winuae, but fsuae is easy). But I have an save game issue with fs-uae that nobody seems to be able to resolve. Anyway, I'll do some specific config file to play my games or I'll study better whdloader

[Toni Wilen]

"ROM"? I don't think so

Do you mean you want to use some custom config file and then add some archive file as Amiga harddrive via command line?

Config entries are not documented because most "command line" entries are actually config file entries. for example "-s use_gui=no" sets use_gui config file entry to no.

So you can load config file (-f config_file.uae), then change some config file entries by appending "-s config_entry=something", as many as you want.

[xevious1974]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

"ROM"? I don't think so

Yeah...I'm sleeping, sorry

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Do you mean you want to use some custom config file and then add some archive file as Amiga harddrive via command line?

Config entries are not documented because most "command line" entries are actually config file entries. for example "-s use_gui=no" sets use_gui config file entry to no.

So you can load config file (-f config_file.uae), then change some config file entries by appending "-s config_entry=something", as many as you want.

That's interesting. So I can create a config file, look what it is inside and then change it, via command line, for each haddiskfile that I want to launch. It'll require a lot of time for me to learn but can be done...soon or later

[Toni Wilen]

Technically you can add new harddrives but because config entry is a bit special (multiple parameters, same entry can exists multiple times), it may not always work as expected..

Like this:

-f config.uae -s filesystem2=rw,DH9:volumename:<path to directory\archive>,0 (last zero is boot priority)