ok idot question!!!!!!

[TrickyDave]

is there a way of formating a disk on my pc so that my a1200 will read it , i want to install whdloader on my 1200

please be gentle


 :-)

[kefallinos]

whell..i know a triky way for do this.format a 1.44 pc disk to 720k,the only way to do it in win Xp is trough CMD,if you have previus win edition it can be done through the format disk menu.ok so fr,you have format your 720k disk,you have copy the adf(or other) file to disk.all you have to do is to mount the disk in amiga,give the command:  mount pc0:
you are ready
if your file is larger than 720k you will need a split/joiner file manager.

[tomekm]

if you mean formatting a floppy, yes you can. Just put any DD floppy and choose 720kB in format options, then format the disk and transfer your files. You'll need CrossDOS (part of AmigaOS 3) or MSD95 on the amiga side to read such a disk.

If you mean formatting a harddrive, you can do it too. You need to have an empty (a PC drive with partitions empty/erased won't do!!!) harddisk and you can prepare&mount it under newer revisions of WinUAE, or if you don't have an empty drive, you may do one by preparing it under a real amiga, and then reconnect it to PC.

[TrickyDave]

could you tell me if theres a winzip type program for the amiga



lol and how to use it :-D

[tomekm]

yes there is.  

Actually if you own AmigaOS 3.9 you already have it...

If not, get the XADMaster libraries together with Voodoo-X utility. They're user friendly and handle dozens of different archive formats from Amiga, PC and Mac. Both of them should be avaiulable on AmiNET

[InTheSand]

@TrickyDave:

To format a 720Kb disk from Windows XP, open a command prompt (Start / All Programs / Accessories / Command Prompt) and type the following:
format a: /t:80 /n:9

(Note that this command works on previous versions of Windows and in MS-DOS)

If you're formatting a high density disk as low density, you'll need to find a piece of non-transparent tape (such as electrical insulating tape) and place it over the high density detection hole at the edge of the disk (e.g. the hole that isn't the write protect tab). The reason for this is that HD drives use different electrical characteristics when writing to HD disks as they do when writing to DD disks.

Finally, don't use HD disks for long term storage of DD stuff as they're not reliable enough. Instead, get yourself some DD disks - they can still be bought, e.g. from AmigaKit.

 - Ali

[Vincent]

Just to make sure here...

On the Amiga you'll need to go to

SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers/

and double click PC0

This sets up CrossDOS and allows you to read PC formatted floppies on the Amiga.  You can do this before or after putting the disk in.

You could also use:

mount SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers/PC0

(SYS is your workbench partition/drive)

[InTheSand]

Or you can just use:
mount pc0:

As "SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers" is checked by the "mount" command.

 - Ali

[Boot_WB]

If you're needing to crunch files to transfer pc-->amiga-->pc via floppy you may find this useful http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/ .
A file splitter and joiner which has both a windows and amiga version.  No incompatibility problems there! :-)

[amigagr]

all of your links are broken...

[Boot_WB]

The one in my sig is, but HJsplit is still there - just checked.

Hmmm.. must update sig.

[Tomas]

Amigas with wb 2.1 or higher can read 720k dos formatted floppies by default. If you have wb installed on a hd, then i believe all you should need to do is open a shell and type mount pc0.

Btw you must cover the extra hole with tape on a HD floppy to be able to format it using 720k DD using a pc.

[Tomas]

could you tell me if theres a winzip type program for the amiga

You can find a shell utility called unzip on aminet. I believe you extract files by typing "unzip x filename.zip"

Though why use zip when you can use lha  ;-)

[leirbag28]

Gosh guys!  How about the easy route?

Just Open System/Storage/DEVS/DOSDRIVERS

and grab the PC0: icon and drop it into: System:DEVS/DOSDRIVERS
and reboot!

thats it!  you will forever be able to read and write PC floppies by simply going to the Workbench menu and selecting FORMAT.

oh.and put tape on the disk if it is  the 2 holes ones.......cover the one that has no switch.  Put a piece of paper and tape.as tape alone may not be enough.