23 June 2024, 16:29 | #1 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: UK
Posts: 85
|
What games wont boot on an A500 from an external drive?
I have read that some games will not boot on the A500 from an external drive even when using a boot selector switch. Is there a list of these games anywhere?
|
23 June 2024, 18:35 | #2 |
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Italy
Posts: 1,967
|
i suppose many included in this list, multi-disk game wise :
https://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p...75&postcount=1 plus, many single disk games too i believe Last edited by kremiso; 23 June 2024 at 18:46. |
23 June 2024, 20:13 | #3 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Germany
Posts: 349
|
Almost none of the older games work when booted from DF1/2/3 due to the Bootloaders or Hardcoded DF0: Parts
The List would be shorter when looking for working games |
23 June 2024, 22:38 | #4 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: UK
Posts: 85
|
Does a boot switch in an A500 solve this though and make the external look like df0? I've read a lot and am confused
|
24 June 2024, 08:47 | #5 |
Norbert
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: Poland
Posts: 137
|
If the external floppy drive is seen as DF0 (bootselector), then all games will work from it.
But if as df1: then only some will launch, provided the Amiga has a minimum kick 2.x |
24 June 2024, 09:56 | #6 | |
ex. demoscener "Bigmama"
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Fyn / Denmark
Posts: 1,643
|
Quote:
One thing is that each additional disk drive causes some chip memory to be allocated (kickstart <2), and thus there's not enough memory to run the game in some cases with more than one drive. This could be the issue you're seeing. A boot selector with a feature to disable df1 could solve that. Last edited by hooverphonique; 24 June 2024 at 10:22. |
|
24 June 2024, 10:13 | #7 |
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2023
Location: Venus
Posts: 179
|
not even on the A1200 in which you can choose from which drive to boot ....99% of the commercial games will not run from DF1
fact is that most of them boots but crash after |
24 June 2024, 11:42 | #8 | ||
Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Eksjö / Sweden
Posts: 5,660
|
Quote:
Quote:
I've had no issues. The boot switch in the ACA500/Plus menu works the same as the hardware switches. |
||
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Using an external USB disk drive to boot games? | dex | support.WinUAE | 4 | 14 December 2019 14:05 |
amiga 1200 external scsi cd drive wont open. | pauliekins | support.Hardware | 4 | 22 December 2015 12:52 |
A1200 wont boot up from Hard Drive | SteveE | support.Hardware | 26 | 14 February 2011 01:36 |
Amiga 1200 wont boot, no insert disk, no drive click. power is on, | nixxjsteve | support.Hardware | 7 | 25 January 2011 22:53 |
A1200 wont boot without hard drive | redneon | Amiga scene | 5 | 28 March 2005 06:49 |
|
|