Directly Read 880k Floppies w/ Catweasel Mk4?

[thughes]

With some help from this board I've gotten my Catweasel Mk4 operating well under XP, but some WinUAE problems remain.

I have followed the appropriate instructions here, but from AmigaShell in Workbench 3.x the command "mount cat:" responds "ERROR: Device 'cat:' already mounted".

This leads me to threequestions.

1. What could I be doing wrong here? I'm guessing it's an easy n00b thing
2. Once I'm hooked up, will I be able to directly read/write to the floppy, or is everything done by creating a disk image first?
3. How would I unmount a mounted disk? I've tried unmount, umount, dismount, eject, etc.

[thomas]

Originally Posted by thughes

1. What could I be doing wrong here? I'm guessing it's an easy n00b thing

You didn't enable the Catweasel checkbox in WinUAE's configurations (on the expansions page).

You didn't copy multidisk.device into the Devs directory.

You didn't edit the CAT file to match your hardware setup.

2. Once I'm hooked up, will I be able to directly read/write to the floppy, or is everything done by creating a disk image first?

You can access it directly. Once the driver is started successfully, the drive will even start to click regularly like a real Amiga drive.

3. How would I unmount a mounted disk? I've tried unmount, umount, dismount, eject, etc.

To unmount the disk, press the eject button on the drive.

To unmount the driver, move CAT from devs/dosdrivers to storage/dosdrivers and reboot.

[thughes]

You didn't enable the Catweasel checkbox in WinUAE's configurations (on the expansions page).

Since there was no Catweasel option in the place noted in the setup instructions I used, I presumed it was pre-loaded. Well, your note there that the option is on the Expansions page was the key (I was looking under Misc). Once I enabled the Zorro emulation there, we're off and running!

Thanks!