Subj : Re: Archiving C=64 5.25" Disks
To   : paulie420
From : Bucko
Date : Fri Jul 21 2023 18:11:06

On 20 Jul 2023, paulie420 said the following...
 pa> 
 pa> Alright, alright - since Bucko always seems to know... I got a question
 pa> for ya. I recently swapped a disk drive for a gotek - and all was good
 pa> in the world. Until I found an archive that ISN'T in .IMG format... its
 pa> just the actual DOS files; in a /subdir... do you know how I can
 pa> *create* an .IMG from some /subdir? 
 pa> 
 pa> I tried;
 pa> mksquashfs subdir/ image.img
 pa> 
 pa> But that didn't seem to w0rk... I used to just copy those files to a
 pa> disk, but can't w/ a Gotek. Hmmmm.
 pa> 

That's weird, I responded and it didn't save.. So here goes again! 

You can create a .img file using a program called imgburn (google it to download it) that will create .img files from directories. I used it back in the day when I was creating .img files of downloaded CD's, which I wanted to create disks from. It worked pretty well.. Not sure how it will work with the Gotek though. If it doesn't like it try copying the files to a subdirectory on the PC and create from there.. 

Sorry for being vague..

AL

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