Unlocking ADF disks

[bradhansen1]

Hi All, I need some help, of course. Whenever I mount an ADF disk on my
desktop, A1200 Pi32lite, and then try to move the items to my harddrive.
I get an error message saying my the disk is locked. So how do I unlock
the disk? Any help will be much appreciated.
Brad Hansen

[AndyFC]

I don't know what you're using to move the files, but a move usually involves deleting the file off the source, whereas copy leaves the original in place. I'm guessing the error you're getting is because the file can't be deleted from a read only ADF file so you could try changing the ADF to allow it to be editable.

To change the ADF to read/write single click the adf icon and right click to bring up the menu and look at the information for the adf. There is a tooltype 'writeprotected=no' but it's commented out with brackets by default. Remove the brackets and save and the disk should become read/write when mounted.

[kolla]

Presuming you are using OS 3.2 trackfile.device/dacontrol you need to specify explicitly that you wish to mount the adf file read-write, with the option “PROTECT NO” or as tooltype on the adf icon “PROTECT=NO”

[AndyFC]

Hi All, I need some help, of course. Whenever I mount an ADF disk on my
desktop, A1200 Pi32lite, and then try to move the items to my harddrive.
I get an error message saying my the disk is locked. So how do I unlock
the disk? Any help will be much appreciated.
Brad Hansen

I tested DAControlGUI today, and it allows you to choose to make an adf read/write when you select the file. It's listed as requiring OS3.2 but from memory I think you have that.

https://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/DAControlGUI