amiga virtual floppies

[peetee]

hi all
i have a question someone out there might know how to make a program to do this or already have one

i at the moment have about 2,000 floppies for the amiga, i want to use .adf files off a cd-rom and enter it in a virtual floppy on a real amiga and be able to boot to use the software, if anyone knows how to do this can you let me know

cheers.

[Brian]

My first bet would be to see if any of the existing adf software would support unpacking to RAD. Next I would see if one could make the RAD resisten (romtag). If that works the following would perhaps do it:

Unmount DF0: , Mount RAD: as DF0: , Make the 'DF0' resistent in memory , Unpack ADF to 'df0' , reset and try.

My concern is that the real DF0: will mess with the system after the reset.

[peetee]

thanks for replying,

i haven't done anything like that before, where do i put that information, do i have to make a bootable disk and put that in the startup-sequence??

[Piru]

It has to be said that 99.9% of cases this won't work.

The best chance of actually doing something like this would be to use WHDLoad.

@Brian

Next I would see if one could make the RAD resisten (romtag).

RAD is always resident.

If that works the following would perhaps do it:

Unmount DF0: , Mount RAD: as DF0: , Make the 'DF0' resistent in memory , Unpack ADF to 'df0' , reset and try.

Won't work. DF0 is created at boot time, whatever you do the previous system run won't affect it on the next.

Anyway, RAD is bootable for sure, but with lower priority than DF0. Regardless, most games will not work when booted from RAD, so it's lost cause anyway...

How does one make the 'DF0' resistent in memory anyway?

My concern is that the real DF0: will mess with the system after the reset.

It won't, but it does have higher priority than RAD. Well, just not having floppy in DF0 will make the system boot of RAD. But... see above.