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Writing an .IMG file to a USB for a Gotek

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MaCJaX

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Greetings all !!

Is there a program or an easy way to write .IMG files to a USB stick for use on a Gotek USB floppy emulator ? I have MS-DOS 6.22 on 3 .IMG files and would like to write them to the USB stick so the Gotek can boot and install. I would also like to do this with Windows 3.1. I have installed a Gotek on my IBM P70 machine and would love a fresh install of DOS and Windows.

Thanks !!
 
The easy answer is to ditch the default firmware that comes on the Gotek and install Flashfloppy instead. No hacking/electronics skills are necessary if you use the USB cable method, which you can find the right cable for for peanuts. (Although I do highly recommend the OLED display addition, the display is about three dollars and plug and play after you solder on the header.)

https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy

With Flashfloppy you just drop the .IMG files on a FAT32 formatted usb disk, there’s nothing else to it.
 
MaCJaX said:
Greetings all !!

Is there a program or an easy way to write .IMG files to a USB stick for use on a Gotek USB floppy emulator ? I have MS-DOS 6.22 on 3 .IMG files and would like to write them to the USB stick so the Gotek can boot and install. I would also like to do this with Windows 3.1. I have installed a Gotek on my IBM P70 machine and would love a fresh install of DOS and Windows.

Thanks !!
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As someone else said the most flexible solution is to install the FlashFloppy (free) or the HXC (almost free) software and an OLED display.

http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/index.html#Download_HxCFirmwareForGotek

Then copy the .IMG files to the stick and use the GoTek buttons to select the images..

.. if the image size matches the image size of the (i.e. 720 or 1.44) GoTek then you can do the same. Check out the manual.

http://www.gotekemulator.com/Clkj_Images/upfile/SFR1M44-FU-DL.pdf

.. gotek also provide some image manipulation software...

there are some hints on how to use here:-

https://www.mameau.com/game-history-notes/gotek-drive-setup-for-super-wild-card/
http://www.chrismcovell.com/texts/usbfloppy.html

and a partial translation of the software here

https://www.mameau.com/game-history...-for-super-wild-card/UFDISKManager_v1.0en.zip
 
If you're using the stock firmware, LibDsk has a Gotek driver that can write 1.4M disk images to the correct place on the drive. Under Linux use a command like

dsktrans -otype gotek filename1.img gotek:/dev/sdh1,1
dsktrans -otype gotek filename2.img gotek:/dev/sdh1,2
dsktrans -otype gotek filename3.img gotek:/dev/sdh2,3

Under Windows it's similar, but depends on Windows seeing and mounting a FAT partition on the USB stick:

dsktrans -otype gotek filename1.img gotek:F:,1
dsktrans -otype gotek filename2.img gotek:F:,2
dsktrans -otype gotek filename3.img gotek:F:,3
 
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