Gotek question

zerohour1974 · 12 April 2015, 21:53

Can the Gotek be used to setup with disks that will install under workbench rather than having to make up disks from ADF or is only designed to be used with games with bootblocks?

As it would make installing certaing apps and games much easier Scala MM400 is ten disks be much easier just sticking it on the USB than finding myself some DD disks.

Just curious before thinking of investment.

Viserion · 12 April 2015, 23:03

Gotek works the same way a floppy drive does.

You need to boot from '000' SELECTOR.ADF the first time you use it, and it is from there you select which adf has which number, that you have copied to the usb stick.

For examle:

001 scalaMM400_disk1.adf
002 scalaMM400_disk2.adf
etc.

You can boot from a CF/HDD as normal as long as you don't select the '000' or any adf image that is bootable.

After the system has loaded you can set the Gotek to 001 (assuming disk 1 is install disk) and start the install process. When asking for diks 2, Just press up button, wait a bit for it to be detected, and to continue installing.

It's a bit of a pain to set up first time if you have a lot of adfs, and you also need a list of which disk has what number.

Apart from that, it works very well.

12 April 2015, 21:53	#1
zerohour1974 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Swindon UK Posts: 202	Gotek question Can the Gotek be used to setup with disks that will install under workbench rather than having to make up disks from ADF or is only designed to be used with games with bootblocks? As it would make installing certaing apps and games much easier Scala MM400 is ten disks be much easier just sticking it on the USB than finding myself some DD disks. Just curious before thinking of investment.

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12 April 2015, 23:03	#2
Viserion Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oslo/Norway Posts: 265	Gotek works the same way a floppy drive does. You need to boot from '000' SELECTOR.ADF the first time you use it, and it is from there you select which adf has which number, that you have copied to the usb stick. For examle: 001 scalaMM400_disk1.adf 002 scalaMM400_disk2.adf etc. You can boot from a CF/HDD as normal as long as you don't select the '000' or any adf image that is bootable. After the system has loaded you can set the Gotek to 001 (assuming disk 1 is install disk) and start the install process. When asking for diks 2, Just press up button, wait a bit for it to be detected, and to continue installing. It's a bit of a pain to set up first time if you have a lot of adfs, and you also need a list of which disk has what number. Apart from that, it works very well.

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