PUAE Amiga core for Retroarch: Multiple harddisks
 

Are more than one hard disks (directory hard disks/HDFs) possible at the same time with the PUAE Amiga core for Retroarch?

I can only use 'Files' directory OR puae_libretro.hdf, but not both together.

I want to create HDFs for games, but it would be nice to be able to use Directory Opus to copy files from directory hard disks to HDFs.

I am not sure if this helps, but long time ago I managed to mount several hdfs using a .uae file as explained here:
https://github.com/libretro/libretro...guration-files

I think you can write yourself such a similar .uae file and it should work.

There is not going to be a game-sized HDF creation method in the core, but I added the ability to have multiple HDFs in M3Us. They will all be attached in order beginning from DH0: instead of regular disk changing, just like it would with a .uae file.

It is possible to use PFS3 partitions with this Amiga core? I'm receiving 'Not a DOS disk in device BootHD'.

I don't think the emulation cares what format the partition is, but I haven't tested, because directory filesystem fits better for my needs instead of hard disk images.

I do use PFS3 on the real thing though.

And wasn't that error simply caused by a disk that is not formatted..?

I think no. All three partitions are pfs3 and are formatted s.

Hmm.. Try this:
- Copy "puae_libretro.uae" from retroarch/saves to "whatever.uae"
- Replace "32,1,2,512" with "0,0,0,0" in the hardfile2=-row
- Launch "whatever.uae"

Ok i will give a try...

I have tried what you have told me, but without positive results.

And you can get it working with WinUAE or some other UAE? How does the hardfile-row look in those cases?

On WinUAE works like a charm. Is there a command or application to know what the structure of a partition is?

I don't know. What does the working config look like?

As I have read somewhere, it is due to the number of heads and cylinders when defining the hdf disk

Sure, that is why I asked how does the working config look like then..

Currently I don't know a single reason why that same working config wouldn't work in this core.

It is very strange to me because it works perfectly in WinUAE, FS-UAE and FPGA's

Can PUAE handle a 4GB hdf?

Oops, forgot to mention that I added large file support a while ago, so yes it should handle now.