Amiga HDF in Winuae

06 June 2006, 17:41

I have been using winuae for a couple of years now but have only just noticed that there is an option to create a hdf image from an Amiga HD connected to my pc.

In the past I created a new hardfile and then copied my partitions across but having noticed the above option tried to create a hdf. I am using win xp and winuae 1.2 but cannot access the hdf image. I get the error message "not a dos disk in device dh0". The amiga drive is 340 megs with 4 equal sized partitions and formatted with the SFS file system. Is it because of SFS that it won't boot?

This is not a big problem as I have the OS and files of the HD but would like to know how to get the image to work if possible (mainly because it was a pain to edit the user and startup sequences with new assigns etc).

DDNI · 06 June 2006, 17:47

BigB where abouts in Colchester are you? I grew up there before moving to Ulster.

Toni Wilen · 06 June 2006, 19:04

HDF creator creates broken hdf-file with some systems, next version will have workaround.

[and off-topic replies to somewhere else, thanks..]

thomas · 06 June 2006, 19:52

@BigB:
You could mount the HDD in WinUAE and use an Amiga program like TSGUI to create a HDF image. Either a seperate one for each partition or one big one with RDB and all partitions.

06 June 2006, 20:35

@thomas:
I keep getting a "server error" when trying to download tsgui but it does sound like it`s what I need so will keep trying thank you. (Unless some one would like to put it in the zone

)

@Toni Willen:
Thanks for your reply. Will this be a definite fix for the next release of Winuae?

Edit: Got it now. Had to restart windows for some reason !

West Bergholt btw.

DDNI · 06 June 2006, 21:08

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Originally Posted by BigB
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West Bergholt btw.[/FONT]

Know it well! Lived On Mersea Road at Blackheath. Same age as you I went to Thomas Lord Audley school...

06 June 2006, 17:41	#1
BigB Posts: n/a	Amiga HDF in Winuae I have been using winuae for a couple of years now but have only just noticed that there is an option to create a hdf image from an Amiga HD connected to my pc. In the past I created a new hardfile and then copied my partitions across but having noticed the above option tried to create a hdf. I am using win xp and winuae 1.2 but cannot access the hdf image. I get the error message "not a dos disk in device dh0". The amiga drive is 340 megs with 4 equal sized partitions and formatted with the SFS file system. Is it because of SFS that it won't boot? This is not a big problem as I have the OS and files of the HD but would like to know how to get the image to work if possible (mainly because it was a pain to edit the user and startup sequences with new assigns etc).

06 June 2006, 20:35	#5
BigB Posts: n/a	@thomas: I keep getting a "server error" when trying to download tsgui but it does sound like it`s what I need so will keep trying thank you. (Unless some one would like to put it in the zone ) @Toni Willen: Thanks for your reply. Will this be a definite fix for the next release of Winuae? Edit: Got it now. Had to restart windows for some reason ! West Bergholt btw. Last edited by BigB; 06 June 2006 at 20:44.

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06 June 2006, 17:47	#2
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,433	BigB where abouts in Colchester are you? I grew up there before moving to Ulster.

06 June 2006, 19:04	#3
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,574	HDF creator creates broken hdf-file with some systems, next version will have workaround. [and off-topic replies to somewhere else, thanks..]

06 June 2006, 19:52	#4
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 7,032	@BigB: You could mount the HDD in WinUAE and use an Amiga program like TSGUI to create a HDF image. Either a seperate one for each partition or one big one with RDB and all partitions.

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