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Fibble · 05 July 2019, 03:19

Hi, not sure if this is the right forum but hoping someone here can help.
I am attempting to use amitools in order to create blank .hdf files.
When I try creating an HDF using this command taken straight from the amitools docs:

Code:

xdftool empty.hdf format Work size=10M ffs

the file is created, but isn't then writable.
When I try to open it in ADF Opus, I get an error stating

Code:

ReadRDSKblock : RDSK id not found

Running

Code:

xdfscan -v empty.hdf

gives this result:

Code:

                scan  empty.hdf
                NDOS  empty.hdf
@000000:ERROR:invalid boot block dos type

I am able to use ADF Opus to create blank HDFs without problems, but of course I can't use it in a bash script. Its output scans this way:

Code:

xdfscan -v new.hdf
                scan  new.hdf
                 ok   new.hdf

Any advice would be welcome.

05 July 2019, 03:19	#1
Fibble Registered User Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: San Diego / USA Posts: 2	Creating blank HDFs in Ubuntu Hi, not sure if this is the right forum but hoping someone here can help. I am attempting to use amitools in order to create blank .hdf files. When I try creating an HDF using this command taken straight from the amitools docs: Code: xdftool empty.hdf format Work size=10M ffs the file is created, but isn't then writable. When I try to open it in ADF Opus, I get an error stating Code: ReadRDSKblock : RDSK id not found Running Code: xdfscan -v empty.hdf gives this result: Code: scan empty.hdf NDOS empty.hdf @000000:ERROR:invalid boot block dos type I am able to use ADF Opus to create blank HDFs without problems, but of course I can't use it in a bash script. Its output scans this way: Code: xdfscan -v new.hdf scan new.hdf ok new.hdf Any advice would be welcome.