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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: Bodilx64 on October 23, 2024, 09:56:45 PM

Title: Boot from second in daisy chain
Post by: Bodilx64 on October 23, 2024, 09:56:45 PM

So, I would like to boot from a Gotek attached to a external diskette drive passthrough on my Amiga 500. I have the df0<>df1 switch so df1 boot is doable. But is it possible to set df2 boot?
I will connect to the pass through with an externa floppy adapter with jumpers, but I se none in the original metal frame drive.

Is it at all possible?

Reason is that I would like the extended length to get the external Gotek to sit on/besides my external drive, but 50/40cm flat/power cable from the external drive port is not enough. Using the passthrough would be optimal.

Title: Re: Boot from second in daisy chain
Post by: kolla on October 25, 2024, 02:18:17 PM

Not with kick 1.x, no.
With kick 2.x onwards you can in principle boot from any drive, but many games are hard coded to only load from DF0: