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- | ===== Correct procedure for writing | + | ===== Writing |
Our forum member **Caius** has yet again shared very valuable information for X68000 Compact owners. | Our forum member **Caius** has yet again shared very valuable information for X68000 Compact owners. | ||
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* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
- | * [[http:// | + | |
+ | *Micropac technologies SBT-UFDB | ||
+ | | ||
*Sabrent SBT-UFDB | *Sabrent SBT-UFDB | ||
- | *Micropac technologies SBT-UFDB | ||
*Sony Vaio PCGA-UFD5 | *Sony Vaio PCGA-UFD5 | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
*Toshiba PA3109U-1FDD | *Toshiba PA3109U-1FDD | ||
*Panasonic CF-VFDU03 | *Panasonic CF-VFDU03 | ||
- | *IBM FD-05PUB (Teac OEM) - mode3 could be absent for models manufactured after 2005 but this information is not confimed. | + | |
**Here is a list of internal slim floppy drives with 3mode support:** | **Here is a list of internal slim floppy drives with 3mode support:** | ||
*Mitsumi D353F3 (Requires JM215A adapter for connecting to a regular PC) | *Mitsumi D353F3 (Requires JM215A adapter for connecting to a regular PC) | ||
+ | ==== Writing on DOS / Windows ==== | ||
Sadly Omniflop doesn' | Sadly Omniflop doesn' | ||
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If you can't format a 3,5 floppy disk at 1.2 MB with these DOS commands, try this trick. First format the disk at 1.44 MB (using Windows utility) and then format it at 1.2 MB with the DOS command. Sometimes it can help. | If you can't format a 3,5 floppy disk at 1.2 MB with these DOS commands, try this trick. First format the disk at 1.44 MB (using Windows utility) and then format it at 1.2 MB with the DOS command. Sometimes it can help. | ||
- | After you have formated the 3.5 floppy disk, you can write back disk images using DiskImage | + | After you have formated the 3.5 floppy disk, you can write back disk images using DiskImage |
- | [[http:// | + | [[http:// |
**These are the correct settings:** | **These are the correct settings:** | ||
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* If you are using Windows Vista/7, use Windows XP mode for compatibility mode | * If you are using Windows Vista/7, use Windows XP mode for compatibility mode | ||
- | Keep the scene Alive! | + | ==== Writing on Linux ==== |
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+ | You can do a low-level format of the floppy into 1.2MB mode with ufiformat: | ||
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+ | * ufiformat -f 1232 /dev/sdb | ||
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+ | After that, disk images can be written as normal. XDF files are bare images, so you can write them with e.g. dd: | ||
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+ | * dd if=flop.xdf of=/ | ||
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+ | ===== Writing disk images to 3.5" floppies with Greaseweazle / Fluxengine ===== | ||
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+ | 3.5" floppies can also be written with USB flux imaging hardware. See [[writing_floppies]] for details. |
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