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I'm having difficulty using Amiga Formatted Zip Disks on WinUAE. I have a feeling I may need to create a device however I'm not sure. I've tried just adding the Zip Disk as a Hard drive but it came up with a message something like "Drive safety Check is active. Selected drive is Non Empty and non RDB partitioned". I can use PC Formatted Zip Disks as normal but not Amiga ones. Anyone Help?
I've not tried to access any of my Amiga formatted Zip disks via WinUAE. When I used Zip disks as the main way to transfer file between by PC and A4000 I would use PC formatted ones.
I can't see any reason why they wouldn't work as a standard Amiga HD in WinUAE.
Maybe the Zip disks need to be prepped on the Amiga like a standard HDD? I used to just format them like a large floppy disk on the Amiga using a ZIP0: device. Maybe that could be the problem.
Have you tried loading Workbench in WinUAE, adding the ZIP0: device, and then while the emulation is running, add a zip disk?
This is it. I'm not sure of the configuration details to create a ZIP0: device. The Zip drive is effectively Unit 3 of the IDE. I just need a little help.
I just tested an Amiga formatted Zip Disk on my PC using a USB Powered Zip100 drive and WinUAE, and with the disk mounted in WinUAE as an Amiga Harddrive, WinUAE can see and access the Zip Disk just like a normal Amiga HD, with the drive appearing as an icon on the Workbench desktop.
And I didn't use any Zip0: device. Just booted WinUAE using a Workbench 3 ADF.
Like I say tried using Zip disk as a Hard drive but got "Drive safety Check is active. Selected drive is Non Empty and non RDB partitioned".
:Update:
I've managed to get WinUAE to make HDF's out of them so I've been able to read them (and found that what i was looking for isn't on there :badlanguage:). Looks like I'm going to have to have a look at getting my poorly 1200 up and running again and see if I can get the files that I want that way.
Forgot to mention that you can disable this safely check in WinUAE by editing a WinUAE shortcut and adding:Quote:
Originally Posted by Buleste
winuae.exe -disableharddrivesafetycheck
This is also needed when connecting real Amiga HD's too.