Booting from .adz HD floppy disk images

[R-TEAM]

Hi,

have an bug in FS-UAE 2.4 :
Cant boot from HD-FloppyDisks adz image files.

Have startet to transfer my large Games collection to Windows/FS-UAE...
Startet with PD Games (like DeluxeGalaga) and use TransADF on my Amiga to transfer the Disks to adz files.(GZIP packed ADF files)

Have sucesfull transfered many games - but the games that i have on HD-Disks (1,76MB) dont boot.(A1200/020 Emu mode)
The games that on DD-Disks start flawless.

Regards
R-TEAM

[jbl007]

To gzip or not to gzip, that is not the question.

You need to tell fs-uae that you have a HD floppy:
http://fs-uae.net/options#uae_floppy0type

The values are (taken from WinUAE):
-1: disabled
0: 3.5" DD
1: 3.5" HD
2: 5 1/4" SD
3: 3.5" Escom

[R-TEAM]

Hi,

mmhh ... thanks to know this
But then - it is possible to set this with FS-UAE launcher ?
Have not seen an checkbox/watever by the floppy file selector menu to switch between DD/HD ...

Regards
R-TEAM

[jbl007]

As you already noticed, it's currently not supported by the launcher. You could add the line "uae_floppy0type = 1" to "Eigene Konfigurationen" if you have a HD floppy in df0:, but of course you need to remove it again if your df0 image is DD.

I made some changes to fsgs/amiga/LaunchHandler.py to configure the drives by image size at runtime. Maybe this (or something similar) Frode can add in the next dev-version.

import struct
#[...]
class LaunchHandler(object):
#[...]
    def prepare_floppy(self, key):
        src = self.config.get(key, "").strip()
        if not src:
            self.image_size = 0
            return
        #[...]
        if os.path.isfile(src):
            if src.lower().endswith((".adz", ".gz")):
                with open(src) as f:
                    f.seek(-4, 2)
                    self.image_size = struct.unpack('I', f.read(4))[0]
            else:
                self.image_size = os.path.getsize(src)
        else:
            self.image_size = 0
    def prepare_floppies(self):
        #[...]
        floppies = []
        for i in range(Amiga.MAX_FLOPPY_DRIVES):
            key = "floppy_drive_{0}".format(i)
            if self.config.get(key, ""):
                floppies.append(self.config[key])
            self.prepare_floppy(key)
            if self.image_size == 1802240 or self.image_size == 1474560:
                print("using 3.5\" HD floppy drive mode for ", key)
                self.config['uae_floppy{0}type'.format(i)] = '1'
            elif self.image_size == 450560:
                print("using 5.25\" SD floppy drive mode for ", key)
                self.config['uae_floppy{0}type'.format(i)] = '2'
        #[...]
#[...]

[R-TEAM]

Hi,

nice idea - but ....
if i read your code right - you dont get the right size for DMS packed images ... but i am unsure if this supportet anyway.(adf images in DMS packed mode and not GZIP packed)

Regards
R-TEAM

[jbl007]

DMS only works with tack 0-79, so you only get the first half of your HD disk.

I found another issue using HD floppies in fs-use: Overlay images do not work. You must use "writable_floppy_images = 1" in your configuration or you will get write errors.

[R-TEAM]

Originally Posted by jbl007

DMS only works with tack 0-79, so you only get the first half of your HD disk.

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Sorry - Double WRONG. Please only state FACTS as FACTS - not presumptions ! Have DMS2.04 - it can handle HD Floppy images (1,7MB) very well. First wrong. A disk* is EVERY Time Track 0-79 (on side A and Side B) ! On HD Floppys - the Disk drive halfes the rotation to get the double amount of data in the same track - this is the reason that copy actions to/from HD Floppys are so horrible slow. Second Wrong. Overthink your answer better. Regards R-TEAM

EDIT: * = to clarify , a DOS disk - copy protected disks can go to track 81