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56 lines
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make_hdf
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make_hdf is a command-line tool for creating unformatted hard disk
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images (hard files) for E-UAE (and other versions of UAE). It will
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also print a config option that can be added to a UAE config file to
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mount the created disk image.
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Usage
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make_hdf accepts the following parameters:
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make_hdf <path> <size> [<device>]
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<path> The path to the file to create. Note that any directories
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included in this path must already exist; make_hdf will not
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create them for you.
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<size> The size of the hard disk image to create in MB. Add a trailing
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'G' to the size to specify a size in GB or a 'K' for a size
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in KB.
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<device> Device name to be included in the generated config option.
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This is optional and defaults to DH0: if omitted.
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Example
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> make_hdf hdf/my_disk.hdf 2G DH5:
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Will generate a 1 GB disk as the file 'hdf/my_disk.hdf' and the
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following config options are output (see configuration.txt).
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hardfile2=rw,DH5:hdf/my_disk.hdf,32,2,2,512,0,
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hardfile=rw,32,2,2,512,hdf/my_disk.hdf
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Limits
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On systems that do not support large files sizes (i.e, systems without
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support for 64-bit file sizes), make_hdf is limited to creating hard
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files up to 2GB in size.
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On systems that do support large file sizes, make_hdf can create hard
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files up to around 2TB in size (whether you can make use of disks that
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in AmigaOS is another question).
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Sparse files
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Where supported (e.g., Linux, MacOS X), make_hdf will create sparse
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files. This allows hard disk images which are not full to take up less
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space on disk.
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