Gotek as external floppy drive not working

Rod_cl · 12 September 2019, 03:42

Hi guys,
back from a long absence with my amiga collection and one of the first things i was trying to test was a gotek drive as df1: on an external case. I'm testing it on an a2000 with os1.3 but all i get is a df2:bad icon. The gotek is flashed with the latest flashfloppy firmware.No jumpers on the unit.
Any help appreciated.
Best

Rod

solarmon · 12 September 2019, 08:03

Provide some pictures of your Gotek connections and jumpers, and external adapter/controller you are using.

But, there needs to be a jumper on s0.

Jope · 12 September 2019, 08:52

In the A2000 the first external drive will be df2 as you noticed.

Bad? Any adf inserted in the gotek?

amiga_BOY · 02 March 2021, 12:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rod_cl

Hi guys,
back from a long absence with my amiga collection and one of the first things i was trying to test was a gotek drive as df1: on an external case. I'm testing it on an a2000 with os1.3 but all i get is a df2:bad icon. The gotek is flashed with the latest flashfloppy firmware.No jumpers on the unit.
Any help appreciated.
Best

Rod

df2:bad means the drive is recognized but not image/adf file is mounted or inserted.

Jope · 03 March 2021, 14:14

It means the drive is recognized, and the drive reports a disk in, but it is unreadable. Some further configuration is needed.

amiga_BOY · 04 March 2021, 02:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

It means the drive is recognized, and the drive reports a disk in, but it is unreadable. Some further configuration is needed.

Yes you're right. I should clarify that DF2:Bad means the drive is recognized but no adf/image file cannot be mounted because it's unreadable.

12 September 2019, 03:42	#1
Rod_cl Zone Friend Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Santiago/Chile Age: 46 Posts: 93	Gotek as external floppy drive not working Hi guys, back from a long absence with my amiga collection and one of the first things i was trying to test was a gotek drive as df1: on an external case. I'm testing it on an a2000 with os1.3 but all i get is a df2:bad icon. The gotek is flashed with the latest flashfloppy firmware.No jumpers on the unit. Any help appreciated. Best Rod Last edited by Rod_cl; 12 September 2019 at 03:50.

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12 September 2019, 08:03	#2
solarmon Registered User Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: UK Posts: 1,429	Provide some pictures of your Gotek connections and jumpers, and external adapter/controller you are using. But, there needs to be a jumper on s0.

12 September 2019, 08:52	#3
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 40 Posts: 8,411	In the A2000 the first external drive will be df2 as you noticed. Bad? Any adf inserted in the gotek?

03 March 2021, 14:14	#5
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 40 Posts: 8,411	It means the drive is recognized, and the drive reports a disk in, but it is unreadable. Some further configuration is needed.

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