Amiga and X-Copy

[VintageVolts]

Using the latest release version of FlashFloppy, I am able to copy ADF files from my Gotek as DF1: to a blank disk in DF0: to create real disks. Now I want to be able to do the reverse... take an Amiga disk in DF0: and copy it onto an ADF image in the Gotek as DF1:

Following examples posted on other sources, dated mainly 4 to 6 years ago at the latest, people have said it was possible to go from a real floppy to the Gotek mounted image with X-Copy using the DOSCOPY+ option in X-Copy.

Unfortunately, X-Copy does not seem to recognize the mounted Gotek drive/image on my setup. I get a "No disk detected in DF1:" I can do a drag-and-drop copy from DF0: to DF1: Gotek on Workbench, and it works without any hardware changes on any AmigaDOS disk. However, to copy non-AmigaDOS disks, I need to use a tool like X-Copy since Workbench will not recognize a Non-AmigaDOS disk for drag-and-drop copying.

I already double-checked my jumpers, and they're configured properly as a Schugart drive, and the Gotek operates fully as expected as an Amiga drive. X-Copy seems to have issues with it, along with a few other shareware copy programs I've tried.

I don't know what version(s) of FlashFloppy others used back in 2020 or so, as indicated by the known working setup, but I'm wondering if a feature was changed or modified in more recent releases that broke that functionality. It seems like X-Copy is looking for a specific state of the drive, and it's not getting it. I don't know if it's polling the drive in some way or it's looking at hardware signals. All I know is it's doing something to detect a disk to write to, but it's not finding evidence of a drive being there.

[keirf]

What specific version(s) of X-Copy have you tested, and what are the shareware programs that also do not work? What jumpers at the rear of the Gotek? Is there any FF.CFG file specified?

[VintageVolts]

My ff.cfg contains this:

interface = shugart
motor-delay = 500

The jumper settings are the ones recommended by this page: https://www.retrosix.wiki/gotek-flashfloppy-amiga
Except for me using S1 for the internal DF1.

I used X-Copy 8.5 (from 1993) and X-Copy Pro (from 1992). The other copy programs were D-Copy 2.0 and D-Copy 3.1, along with Copydisk 2.0.

[keirf]

You can't specify a motor-delay unless the motor signal is somehow connected up https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy/wiki/Hardware-Mods#motor-signal

Otherwise, you must change it to motor-delay = ignore which is the out-of-the-box default.

[VintageVolts]

Do I need to explicitly state, motor-delay = ignore, in the ff.cfg, or can I just omit the line? I omitted it, and it changed nothing. still fails on all the copy programs I try.

[keirf]

You need to explicitly state it as the Gotek caches the last explicit setting of each option.

Alternatively you can reset cached options by holding both Gotek buttons for a few seconds with no usb stick inserted, until the display changes.

[VintageVolts]

Finally got a chance to get back to my Amiga project. Removing the motor-delay line in ff.cfg and resetting the Gotek cache did the trick.

Thank you for the solution!

Now I just have to put the line in again that rotates the OLED. :)