You can ! Under Linux with FUSE: use mount -t vfat /path/to/the/sdcard/image/file /mnt How to create a new image file ? using it that way would allow direct access from my PC Operation System to the files on the SD card !
Even with that, it would require huge memory for the simple 520 ST to handle a partition that large.įinally, I wanted to have access to multiple hard disk images, the same way the original HxC hardware can use multiple. Formatting it is really not something easy to do. You would have to format your multi-GB SDCARD in FAT16 (with limitation up to 512 MB). It may also be possible to use a different File System (Minix, maybe ?). Since the partition emulation is raw, any software can use it. Doing file emulation is very different and require completely different techniques. Why I have to use an Image file instead of directly use the files from the SD Card ? There are three reasons:īecause the driver really emulate a hard disk partition, with sectors, exactly like a real hard disk. If your TOS version is >= 2.5, you can press "ALT+C" to get access to your C: drive. ('Install new icon' or 'Install new disk unit' depending on your TOS version). Use the GEM desktop to create a new icon, using the drive letter that HXCmount gave you before exiting. New drive mounted as C:), a new partition will be available. Once on your Atari desktop, open the A: drive and launch HXCMOUNT.PRG. The file must *not* be fragmented, so starting from a blank, freshly formatted SD card is a good idea. You have to put exactly ONE file named IMG*.IMA in the ROOT of your SDCARD. The package also contains two sample image files : IMGFULL.IMA, a full featured hard disk image with a lot of program to test, and IMGBLANK.IMA, a completely blank hard disk image.
Use AUTOBOOT.HFE of the buttons on your HxC Floppy Emulator device to select the file HCXMOUNT.HFE, then boot your Atari ST. The easiest way to obtain it is to download a package on this page as the package contain a file named HXCMOUNT.HFE that you can directly put on your SD card. The emulator is simply a program named HXCMOUNT.PRG.
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