I do not know what else to do?!

Hello.

I do not think that this is the right forum, but I thought I may get more of a chance of getting some help here :p

I have E-UAE installed on yellow dog linux on my ps3.

I have set up Workbench 3.1 and that works fine. What I want to do is play some games in HDF format.

I have searched around and saw that you need to add a line of code in a document called .Uaerc I have located this file and added a line of code, but when I look on the 'harddrive' tab on E-UAE it does not appear, and when I am on workbench I go into the GAMES folder and nothing is there...

I have followed this instruction from a website I found:

"To use hdf in E-UAE you must add hardfile entry to ~/.uaerc. Here is an example:

hardfile2=rw,DH0:~/hardfile.hdf,0,0,0,512,0,"

I do actually have a hardfile.hdf (I have created one and used one I downloaded) I have tried copying the code exactly, I have tried copying the code and replacing the ~ with the file path...I noticed the filesystem bit has filesystem and filesystem2 above it, so I have tried that sort of approach with the hardfile code...

Bear in mind I have struggled through this, so any solutions would need to be quite thorough to avoid a "and how do I do that?"

Thank you for any help you can give me. Will be much appreciated.

@leicesterfan

I have moved this thread to the more appropriate "Amiga Emulation" forum, hopefully someone can help.

Simon

@leicesterfan

I think the HDF support of EUAE is kind of buggy yet. The documentation claims that you can mount an HDF with zeros to get an automatic scan for the parameters as the example you indicated shows. I think you need to have the actual parameters at this point.

Maybe this website will help you.

@Samurai_Crow

IIRC it causes a crash on exit but apart from that I've never had any problem using .hdf files with e-uae.

Standard .hdf file settings are (also mentioned in the e-uae documentation):
block size = 512
blocks per track = 32
surfaces/heads = 1

Ok, nice one you two. Finally found someone who may know what they are doing!

Thanks for that guide, I'll look into it.

Righto. Some progress has been made.

I now have this is my uaerc config file, and the HDF file, HDgames, is appearing on the workbench screen.

filesystem2=rw,DH0:System:$(FILE_PATH)/Desktop/UAE/Hard Drives/Workbench 3.1,0
filesystem=rw,System:$(FILE_PATH)/Desktop/UAE/Hard Drives/Workbench 3.1
filesystem2=rw,DH1:Programs:$(FILE_PATH)/Desktop/UAE/Hard Drives/Programs,0
filesystem=rw,Programs:$(FILE_PATH)/Desktop/UAE/Hard Drives/Programs
filesystem2=rw,DH2:Games:$(FILE_PATH)/Desktop/UAE/Hard Drives/Games,0
filesystem=rw,Games:$(FILE_PATH)/Desktop/UAE/Hard Drives/Games
hardfile2=rw,HD3:/usr/local/hardfile1,32,1,2,512,-1
hardfile=rw,32,1,2,512,-1,/usr/local/hardfile1



Now that guide you posted said that the above will not allow HDtoolbox to see the HDgames file I just created, and he is right, but the guide says to do something else, and I don't understand what he has done...All those mount cdrom bits were there in screenshots before creating the HDF so I do not believe they have significance,



It still will not show up in hdtoolbox like this so I tried a little experiment.
I changed some numbers in the euaerc file like this:

filesystem2=rw,HD6:Eboot:/usr/local/amiga/Emergency-Boot,-1
filesystem=rw,Eboot:/usr/local/amiga/Emergency-Boot
filesystem2=rw,HD7:Os3.9:/usr/local/amiga/Wb3.9,1
filesystem=rw,Os3.9:/usr/local/amiga/Wb3.9
filesystem2=ro,CD1:Aos39cd:/mnt/cdrom,0
filesystem=ro,Aos39cd:/mnt/cdrom
hardfile2=rw,HD3:/usr/local/amiga/hardfile1,0,0,0,512,0,
hardfile=rw,0,0,0,512,/usr/local/amiga/hardfile1
hardfile2=rw,HD2:/usr/local/amiga/hardfile2,0,0,0,512,-1,
hardfile=rw,0,0,0,512,/usr/local/amiga/hardfile2
hardfile2=rw,HD1:/usr/local/amiga/hardfile3,0,0,0,512,-1,
hardfile=rw,0,0,0,512,/usr/local/amiga/hardfile3
filesystem2=rw,Download:HD4:$(FILE_PATH)/Download,0
filesystem=rw,HD4:$(FILE_PATH)/Download

Now it should boot from HD7: and the hardfiles should be recognized as RDB hardfiles
Starting the emulator made this appear in the console:

Mounting uaehf.device 0 (0):
FS: mounted virtual unit HD6 (/usr/local/amiga/Emergency-Boot)
Mounting uaehf.device 1 (0):
FS: mounted virtual unit HD7 (/usr/local/amiga/Wb3.9)
Mounting uaehf.device 2 (0):
FS: mounted virtual unit CD1 (/mnt/cdrom)
Mounting uaehf.device 3 (0) (size=83886080):
failed, no RDB detected
Mounting uaehf.device 4 (0) (size=838860800):
failed, no RDB detected
Mounting uaehf.device 5 (0) (size=83886080):
failed, no RDB detected
Mounting uaehf.device 6 (0):
FS: mounted virtual unit Download (/home/weasel/Downloa



After this step, it says 'success!' in the tutorial...so I know I am within touching distance. All I want to do is play some Amiga games off this hardfile to quicken loading times etc! Please, anyone, even if it is just a guess, give me some help! :P thanks

@leicesterfan

Are you sure that they are RDB hardfiles and not just single partition hardfiles? If they are the latter you will have to specify nonzero geometry settings.

These are some lines from my uae configuarition file for mounting some hardfiles (not RDB):
Quote:

You can check the hardfiles with a hex editor to see if they are RDB hardfiles or not. If they start with "DOS" then they are singlepartition hdf:s, if on the other hand they start with the letters "RDSK" then they are RDB hardfiles.

If they really are RDB hardfiles then you should specify a zero blocksize as well and not 512.

From E-UAE docs:
Quote:

@salass00


#hardfile2=rw,HD7:Games:Emulators/E-UAE/disks/gcc.hdf,32,1,2,512,0
#hardfile2=rw,HD7:Games:Emulators/E-UAE/disks/AmigaSYS3PlusEUAE.hdf,32,1,2,512,0

Thanks, but why do you have two different file names to HD7?

@leicesterfan

Notice that I have both lines commented out ('#' character in front). I've never had both lines enabled at the same time.