run executables as df0:

[jbl007]

Hi there!

WinUAE can run executable files if you "insert" them in df0, which is a cool feature. But some do not start. I get a kickstart screen instead. Why does this happen?
For example this one: http://ftp.amigascne.org/pub/amiga/G...ms/VD-FullMoon
This demo doesn't need setpatch so there must be another reason. The directory can be mounted as hard drive and it loads up just fine if I type the name...

[thomas]

Quite easy: it does not fit on a floppy disk.

Well, it would fit on a FFS disk, but there is no space left for startup-sequence.

[jbl007]

Originally Posted by thomas

Quite easy: it does not fit on a floppy disk.

Well, it would fit on a FFS disk, but there is no space left for startup-sequence.

Hm, it's 865kb. I had this demo on DD floppy back in the old days...

My guess is, the file header is a a little strange and WinUAE doesn't detect it as an executable.

[thomas]

I tried it, it does not fit. There are two blocks left when copied to a DD FFS disk.

Maybe your copy was packed.

[jbl007]

Here is a floppy version:
http://ftp.amigascne.org/pub/amiga/G...D-FullMoon.adf

The file is about 800Bytes smaller. Still doesn't run directly in WinUAE. If file silze is the reason limit is perhaps based on OFS file system 837KB???

[thomas]

Why do you say it doesn't run? It does. And it says "TITANICS-Cruncher decrunches while loading", so my assumption was correct.

[jbl007]

ADF image runs of course. Executable file "FLT-VDFM.Skl" used as df0: does not.

Edit: I decrunched the file (=1.6MB), recrunched with Crunch-Mania (783KB). With a lot of ram added now it runs as df0. So i assume, your assumption :-) was correct: It's all about the file size.