Mount IDF0 To DF0

AMIGASYSTEM · 17 August 2018, 18:40

I'm not a programmer, but I wanted to find a solution to this problem,ie mount a virtual Floppy in DF0 without using the reader. This procedure may be useful for anyone using the CD32 with HD but without the floppy drive or to whom the reader is broken or faulty. If someone knows a better or faster procedure is well accepted

IDF0 To DF0:
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kolla · 18 August 2018, 00:02

I don't see exactly how this is useful?
The script dismounts DF0: and creates an assign at IDF0:?

AMIGASYSTEM · 18 August 2018, 00:13

No DiskImageGui mount a ADF, DMS etc.. in IDF0 (mountlist).

In the script I just unmount DF0 and assigned DF0: to IDF0

Assign Dismount DF0:
Assign DF0: IDF0:

How do you mount an ADF, DMS in DF0 if you do not have a floppy drive or if it is broken?

if you had the floppy drive you could use programs like TSGUI, but in this case you do not have a floppy drive available

- Regarding the utility, for example it could be used to save games that require the presence of the floppy in DF0 otherwise you can not save.

kolla · 18 August 2018, 00:56

Right, that was exactly what I described, you dismount DF0: and just assign it to IDF0:

This will only work with system friendly games that care about assigns in the first place, and then you can just as well assign df0: to a drawer on the hard drive. It would be cleaner almost, to just disable DF0 at boot (Using BootCtrl for example) and rename the IDF0 mountlist entry to DF0, for this purpose. More typically though, old games don't care about assigns, and address trackdisk.device directly, or worse, they bypass OS entirely and access hardware directly. This is why Gotek is a thing.

( Great tool, configures early-startup properties, such as VGA mode, disabling drives etc. in a resident way - http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/bootctrl )

AMIGASYSTEM · 18 August 2018, 01:19

The behavior of the games is known, and I also know that some games the trick will not work, but mine was just an example and an easy way to get DF0.

To all this there would also be virtual floppies created in RAD bootable and much faster.

My old video
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17 August 2018, 18:40	#1
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,252	Mount IDF0 To DF0 I'm not a programmer, but I wanted to find a solution to this problem,ie mount a virtual Floppy in DF0 without using the reader. This procedure may be useful for anyone using the CD32 with HD but without the floppy drive or to whom the reader is broken or faulty. If someone knows a better or faster procedure is well accepted IDF0 To DF0: [ Show youtube player ]

18 August 2018, 00:13	#3
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,252	No DiskImageGui mount a ADF, DMS etc.. in IDF0 (mountlist). In the script I just unmount DF0 and assigned DF0: to IDF0 Assign Dismount DF0: Assign DF0: IDF0: How do you mount an ADF, DMS in DF0 if you do not have a floppy drive or if it is broken? if you had the floppy drive you could use programs like TSGUI, but in this case you do not have a floppy drive available - Regarding the utility, for example it could be used to save games that require the presence of the floppy in DF0 otherwise you can not save. Last edited by AMIGASYSTEM; 18 August 2018 at 00:25.

18 August 2018, 00:56	#4
kolla Banned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 1,893	Right, that was exactly what I described, you dismount DF0: and just assign it to IDF0: This will only work with system friendly games that care about assigns in the first place, and then you can just as well assign df0: to a drawer on the hard drive. It would be cleaner almost, to just disable DF0 at boot (Using BootCtrl for example) and rename the IDF0 mountlist entry to DF0, for this purpose. More typically though, old games don't care about assigns, and address trackdisk.device directly, or worse, they bypass OS entirely and access hardware directly. This is why Gotek is a thing. ( Great tool, configures early-startup properties, such as VGA mode, disabling drives etc. in a resident way - http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/bootctrl ) Last edited by kolla; 18 August 2018 at 01:06.

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18 August 2018, 00:02	#2
kolla Banned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 1,893	I don't see exactly how this is useful? The script dismounts DF0: and creates an assign at IDF0:?

18 August 2018, 01:19	#5
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,252	The behavior of the games is known, and I also know that some games the trick will not work, but mine was just an example and an easy way to get DF0. To all this there would also be virtual floppies created in RAD bootable and much faster. My old video [ Show youtube player ]

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