Posted by: OGF
« on: July 14, 2023, 04:04:24 AM »Hey Noise,
as much as i love tinkering with old hard- and software, i pretty much stopped using HDD's and Floppies.
Both my Atari SCSI harddisks failed a while ago. MEGA STE -> dead HDD, MegaFile60 -> dead HDD.
So switching to something reliable for data storage is no shame and saves so much time and headache.
I personally use a FloppyEmulator and a UltraSatan and never looked back.
Google for sth like: Ultrasatan, Satandisk, ACSI2STM, Gothek, ... there are a few solutions.
Or watch this:
Back to topic: An Atari ST normally needs a HDD driver to load at boot, so that could be your problem with not showing the icon in GEM.
Dumping that to a floppy should work:
http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-st-atari-hard-disk-driver-ahdi_37781.html
Note that PC's can natively read and write Atari ST floppies.
Good luck :-)
as much as i love tinkering with old hard- and software, i pretty much stopped using HDD's and Floppies.
Both my Atari SCSI harddisks failed a while ago. MEGA STE -> dead HDD, MegaFile60 -> dead HDD.
So switching to something reliable for data storage is no shame and saves so much time and headache.
I personally use a FloppyEmulator and a UltraSatan and never looked back.
Google for sth like: Ultrasatan, Satandisk, ACSI2STM, Gothek, ... there are a few solutions.
Or watch this:
Back to topic: An Atari ST normally needs a HDD driver to load at boot, so that could be your problem with not showing the icon in GEM.
Dumping that to a floppy should work:
http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-st-atari-hard-disk-driver-ahdi_37781.html
Note that PC's can natively read and write Atari ST floppies.
Good luck :-)