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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: PG on February 29, 2004, 10:24:23 PM

Title: What do i need to use .hdf - files?
Post by: PG on February 29, 2004, 10:24:23 PM

Hi again,
And thanks for the help with my WHDLoad install problem!
Now i wonder about these .hdf -files?
(I downloaded one from BTTR)
What do i need to use it?
It does not work just double-clicking it...
I use workbench 3.1, A1200 68040

Title: Re: What do i need to use .hdf - files?
Post by: Ilwrath on February 29, 2004, 10:39:41 PM

They're hard drive files for UAE.  I don't know of any utilities to read one on an actual Amiga.  What you'd need to do is read it on a PC with UAE (or WinUAE, or whatever) and then copy the contents to an actual Amiga.

Title: Re: What do i need to use .hdf - files?
Post by: PG on March 01, 2004, 02:07:46 AM

Ok, now i understand.:-)
Thanks!

Title: Re: What do i need to use .hdf - files?
Post by: fragment on March 02, 2004, 03:54:51 PM

ADF Opus (http://adfopus.sourceforge.net/) is also a quite handy little program. You can browse the contents of ADF and HDF files and extract the files inside.

Title: Re: What do i need to use .hdf - files?
Post by: lempkee on March 02, 2004, 04:04:13 PM

you can use that file in UAE on amiga...

works fine...though SLOOOOOOOOOOOW..

Title: Re: What do i need to use .hdf - files?
Post by: cgutjahr on March 02, 2004, 05:38:42 PM

HDF files can be mounted on a real Amiga:

XFS - multiple filesystem device (http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminetbin/find?xfs.lha)

Title: Re: What do i need to use .hdf - files?
Post by: Ilwrath on March 02, 2004, 06:18:10 PM

Oh cool!  I stand corrected.  You CAN mount an Amiga hard disk file on an actual Amiga, after all.  That's a great util to have.  Don't know how I missed it.

Thanks!

Title: Re: What do i need to use .hdf - files?
Post by: PG on March 03, 2004, 12:30:17 AM

Great, thanks again!:-)

Title: Re: What do i need to use .hdf - files?
Post by: Thematic on March 03, 2004, 01:08:07 AM

I was relieved when I saw someone had already mentioned xfs, saved me the trouble of testing and all. For years I've used it for my mounting problems, even the fat donkeys. Not irreplaceable, but simply best.
Some of those more mountfile-oriented .device ought to work too, but why bother with filling in lowcyl highcyl and so on.