Using Greaseweazle to write xdf files to floppy on Mac

Started by 16bitgium, September 01, 2024, 10:30:56 PM

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16bitgium

Hi Guys,
I want to make floppies using my M1 Macbook Air.
I bought a GreaseWeazle and installed the FluxEngine software.
I'm able to format a disk to an IBM PC format.
But I can't seem to insert a .XDF image it always gives me the following error cannot open Input file
.

Am I doing something here? Do I need to install another component?

16bitgium


LowDefAl

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I write games with greaseweazle in Terminal using the instructions on the GW GitHub. You should consider doing the same. You can drag and drop files into terminal and it will fill out the complete path and filename for you. You don't really need a gui as most images will automatically adjust to the correct parameters.
 
I wouldn't normally use Terminal, but it's the simplest, easiest way to write with greaseweazle on a Mac.

16bitgium

Do you use greaseweazel software or FluxEngine software?

I was unable to successfully compile the terminal version of fluxengine. I did succeed with grease weazel but I thought it didn't work for x68K discs.

I caved and used my Windows PC to write several discs. It went perfect. Even if the last tracks failed the games simply boot. Windows is required if you need to convert from DIM to XDF


LowDefAl

I use greaseweazle software, XDF was added at the end of 2022 and I have previously used that support to write discs.