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--- x68000:writing_3.5_floppies [2014/06/22 23:06] – eidis
+++ x68000:writing_3.5_floppies [2022/04/25 16:19] (current) – mention greaseweazle/fluxengine TD-Linux
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-===== Correct procedure for writing disk images to 3.5" floppies =====
+===== Writing disk images to 3.5" floppies with USB floppy drives =====
 Our forum member **Caius** has yet again shared very valuable information for X68000 Compact owners.
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   *Mitsumi D353F3 (Requires JM215A adapter for connecting to a regular PC)
+==== Writing on DOS / Windows ====
 Sadly Omniflop doesn't work with USB floppy drives so first you have to format correctly the 3.5 HD floppy with this DOS command:
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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.
-After you have formated the 3.5 floppy disk, you can write back disk images using DiskImage 13b Utility:
+After you have formated the 3.5 floppy disk, you can write back disk images using DiskImage 1.3b Utility:
-[[http://nfggames.com/X68000/PC_Tools/DiskImage_13b.zip|DiskImage v1.3b]]
+[[http://nfggames.com/X68000/PC_Tools/Disk/DiskImage_13b.zip|DiskImage v1.3b]]
 **These are the correct settings:**
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   * If you are using Windows Vista/7, use Windows XP mode for compatibility mode
-Keep the scene Alive!
+==== Writing on Linux ====
+You can do a low-level format of the floppy into 1.2MB mode with ufiformat:
+  * ufiformat -f 1232 /dev/sdb
+After that, disk images can be written as normal. XDF files are bare images, so you can write them with e.g. dd:
+  * dd if=flop.xdf of=/dev/sdb
+===== Writing disk images to 3.5" floppies with Greaseweazle / Fluxengine =====
+.5" floppies can also be written with USB flux imaging hardware. See [[writing_floppies]] for details.