ADF & HDF Creator - support for sparse files? - Page 2

FrodeSolheim · 11 February 2013, 18:53

@nexusle: Slightly confused by your last post, as I thought you used SDcards so you could pop the card directly into an Amiga and boot it there too...

(or were you joking?)

FS-UAE <-> Amiga interoperability is a case where HDFs are useful of course, as you can either mount the CF directly in FS-UAE (on some platforms), or copy the raw data from a HDF to CF and vice versa.

nexusle · 11 February 2013, 20:31

Not at all. Using a CD Card as disk was only a test from me. It would work, but on OSX you must give full access the the disk every time you re-insert it in the Mac. Also you get everytime a message from OSX to initialize the disk because the FS couldn't identify. That what I mean with "tricky".

FrodeSolheim · 11 February 2013, 20:32

OK

(implementing metadata support now, btw).

spajdr · 25 February 2013, 12:02

Just playing with fs-uae again and got little problem.
If i created HDF file under 511MB as single partition drive, it shows under Workbench.
But if i create HDF file over 512MB (partitionable RDB), no HDD is shown under Workbench, log shows this
Mounting uaehf.device 0 (0) (size=1048576000):
failed, no RDB detected
Is there something else i need to set?
(Btw. making 8GB HDD file and emulator crashes completely

)

EDIT.: tried with adding hard_drive_0_type = rdb, no changes.

nexusle · 25 February 2013, 14:13

RDB will be created by HDToolBox.

Insert and start from Install3.1.adf and open in CLI: "HDToolBox uaehf.device" (or scsi.device, if you use "harddisk_0_controller = ide0")

After this you must install the drive. When it's done, you have your RDB and can partition your hard file.

spajdr · 26 February 2013, 09:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by nexusle

RDB will be created by HDToolBox.

Insert and start from Install3.1.adf and open in CLI: "HDToolBox uaehf.device" (or scsi.device, if you use "harddisk_0_controller = ide0")

After this you must install the drive. When it's done, you have your RDB and can partition your hard file.

Thanks matey, that worked :-)

FrodeSolheim · 27 February 2013, 21:27

A bit extra information: When a partitionable HDF is created by the ADF & HDF Creator, you don't need to add hard_drive_0_type = rdb. The creator puts the bytes "rdsk" at the start of the file (almost same as "RDSK" which initialized RDB files start with), and FS-UAE looks for this when the disk is opened (and RBD mode is automatically activated).

11 February 2013, 20:31	#22
nexusle Banned Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Earth Age: 46 Posts: 500	Not at all. Using a CD Card as disk was only a test from me. It would work, but on OSX you must give full access the the disk every time you re-insert it in the Mac. Also you get everytime a message from OSX to initialize the disk because the FS couldn't identify. That what I mean with "tricky". Last edited by prowler; 29 August 2013 at 21:49. Reason: Rewind.

25 February 2013, 12:02	#24
spajdr Old fart Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ostrava/Czech Republic Age: 46 Posts: 315	Just playing with fs-uae again and got little problem. If i created HDF file under 511MB as single partition drive, it shows under Workbench. But if i create HDF file over 512MB (partitionable RDB), no HDD is shown under Workbench, log shows this Mounting uaehf.device 0 (0) (size=1048576000): failed, no RDB detected Is there something else i need to set? (Btw. making 8GB HDD file and emulator crashes completely ) EDIT.: tried with adding hard_drive_0_type = rdb, no changes. Last edited by spajdr; 25 February 2013 at 12:13.

25 February 2013, 14:13	#25
nexusle Banned Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Earth Age: 46 Posts: 500	RDB will be created by HDToolBox. Insert and start from Install3.1.adf and open in CLI: "HDToolBox uaehf.device" (or scsi.device, if you use "harddisk_0_controller = ide0") After this you must install the drive. When it's done, you have your RDB and can partition your hard file. Last edited by prowler; 29 August 2013 at 21:50. Reason: Rewind.

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11 February 2013, 18:53	#21
FrodeSolheim FS-UAE Developer Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Førde, Norway Age: 43 Posts: 4,043	@nexusle: Slightly confused by your last post, as I thought you used SDcards so you could pop the card directly into an Amiga and boot it there too... (or were you joking?) FS-UAE <-> Amiga interoperability is a case where HDFs are useful of course, as you can either mount the CF directly in FS-UAE (on some platforms), or copy the raw data from a HDF to CF and vice versa.

11 February 2013, 20:32	#23
FrodeSolheim FS-UAE Developer Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Førde, Norway Age: 43 Posts: 4,043	OK (implementing metadata support now, btw).

27 February 2013, 21:27	#27
FrodeSolheim FS-UAE Developer Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Førde, Norway Age: 43 Posts: 4,043	A bit extra information: When a partitionable HDF is created by the ADF & HDF Creator, you don't need to add hard_drive_0_type = rdb. The creator puts the bytes "rdsk" at the start of the file (almost same as "RDSK" which initialized RDB files start with), and FS-UAE looks for this when the disk is opened (and RBD mode is automatically activated).

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