Dual floppy with a regular DF0 and a Gotek (with switch)

[desiv]

I did this same thing, but instead of using the power line, I just put the switch on DS0.
Both the drive and the Gotek were always powered on, but the switch controlled which one was the active drive.
Worked great, but my cable w/ the switch was UGLY.
I've been meaning to do that again possibly, but I have to figure out where I would put my Gotek. (In my A1000)
Although my Amiga 1000 internal floppy is really unhappy.  So I'll also need to sort that.
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=946881&highlight=switch#post946881
(Note: ignore my comment in that post about the Gotek supporting a Kickstart, as it does that fine.  I had a bad image/transfer at the time.)

[desiv]

I'm just thinking, maybe I should just put the Gotek as DF1: (drive 2) and use the early startup menu in KS3.1 to boot from DF1:
That would be just as good as making some hardware switch, no?

For the programs (games) that support it.
But some games are hardcoded to look for DF0.

[desiv]

If it does work, then the only reason it would fail is if the Software/GAME on the DF1: Gotek (fails) since it somehow only wants to be booted from DF0:

Yep, which was unfortunately not uncommon for a lot of the copy-protected disks, and some of the cracked ones too.