Converting between directory and .hdf emulated hard disks.

[vext01]

Hi,

In the future I plan to build a hard disk image which I plan to dd onto a CF card for a real Amiga.

It is pretty convenient to use a directory on the host system and mount it as a hard disk under fs-uae. This way I can use my system's native lha packages to extract stuff and much faster.

However, one can not dd a directory to a compact flash, so is there a way to convert between these two representations? One idea I had was to use (within AmigaDOS) 'copy hd0: hd1: all' where hd0 is a directory mounted disk and hd1 is a .hdf mounted disk. Something tells me this will be slow(?).

Any ideas?

Cheers

PS.

Is there a way to create .info files (required to make icons visible under workbench) from the host system?

Looking forward to the 2.0 release. Keep up the good work.

[thomas]

Originally Posted by vext01

One idea I had was to use (within AmigaDOS) 'copy hd0: hd1: all' where hd0 is a directory mounted disk and hd1 is a .hdf mounted disk.

This is the preferred way.

Something tells me this will be slow(?).

I never saw FS-UAE in action, but WinUAE is lightning fast. Copying files (only used parts of a partition) is much faster than dd (copying unused parts, too).

Is there a way to create .info files (required to make icons visible under workbench) from the host system?

Just copy another .info file of the required type

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by vext01

One idea I had was to use (within AmigaDOS) 'copy hd0: hd1: all' where hd0 is a directory mounted disk and hd1 is a .hdf mounted disk. Something tells me this will be slow(?).

It will probably be fast enough for you I also think the question of performance is somewhat irrelevant, because this is really the only practical way for you to do this!