28 February 2007, 09:11 | #1 |
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Why HDF for a Workbench setup?
Paul, in the Workbench 3.1 tutorial, why do you suggest creating a HDF with limited space? Creating folders in Windows, then assigning WinUAE to it is simple and doesn't limit space
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28 February 2007, 11:45 | #2 |
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why not ? no risk of incompatible file names and locked files with a hdf file and dont need to much free space on a workbench drive anyway.
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28 February 2007, 14:07 | #3 |
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i remember having had problem with hdir workbenches with earlier Winuae versions, specifically with Aiab and ClassicWB. so i switched to HDFs.
their downside is the possible loss of datas with some version of Winuae (it happened recently with betas); so it's smart to have backups. however, in 5 years of use, i would say HDFs have become more reliable and they are the best solution for the main hard disk to me. they are also easily movable and archivable. |
28 February 2007, 14:23 | #4 |
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did the betas destroy the hd file, or was it just unreadable for a while until fixed ?
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28 February 2007, 14:26 | #5 |
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No data loss, first few betas only wrote incorrect hdf configuration when saving config file.
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28 February 2007, 16:11 | #6 |
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yeah sorry, not exactly data loss: i don't remember the correct number of the beta, it was one of the firsts of the last month, i got a couple of unvalidated harddisk HDF when switching to it, solved by using the tools with ClassicWB
however no data loss really. it's some year since winuae did break me hdfs. |
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Also, amiga can have files without file name if I remember correctly. (or was it spaces instead of name?) HDF is better IMHO. |
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02 March 2007, 20:21 | #8 |
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Neither is "better".
HDF: 100% compatible, works also with programs that need low level disk access. Directories: "compatible enough" if not using FAT, very flexible, can be accessed easily from host side, "unlimited" size etc.. |
03 March 2007, 00:59 | #9 |
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What about Amiga hard drive support? Where would that rank?
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03 March 2007, 20:33 | #11 |
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Which is better for programs and games which spool video or audio data from the HD with realtime playback?
In other words which is easier for the UAE virtual machine to deal with? Or put another way: Which way burns less cpu cycles? A Hard Disk File or an NTFS dir? |
11 June 2007, 05:17 | #12 | |
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13 July 2007, 05:01 | #13 |
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You always can use a real ffs/sfs partition on your hard disk for winuae.
It works very well . |
05 August 2007, 22:49 | #14 |
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I find myself using a .hdf file labelled as "system" with my programs/games. I also attached a windows folder with the any needed tools for amiga/whdload etc reinstalls or for dragging files across windows to the .hdf.
Hmmm, I feel like creating another .hdf tonight. |
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