Trying to use floptool
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 11:14 pm
by LiteGamer
Hi am trying to use floptool to add a file to a IBM disk image but I am a bit confused. The command I am using is as follows.
$ ./floptool flopwrite auto pc disk.img game.exe GAME.EXE
I get the following error message.
Error: Filesystem 'pc' unknown
I don't understand what the second and third argument are. If I had a list of acceptable values it would help. Can anyone shed some light on this problem?
Re: Trying to use floptool
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2025 12:20 pm
by mhoes
LiteGamer wrote: ↑Wed Jul 30, 2025 11:14 pm
Hi am trying to use floptool to add a file to a IBM disk image but I am a bit confused. The command I am using is as follows.
$ ./floptool flopwrite auto pc disk.img game.exe GAME.EXE
I get the following error message.
Error: Filesystem 'pc' unknown
I don't understand what the second and third argument are. If I had a list of acceptable values it would help. Can anyone shed some light on this problem?
I found some documentation on the tool over at the mamedev website [1]. Also, running 'floptool' without any arguments gives you some more information on it's usage. Sorry I cannot be of more help, perhaps someone else will come along.
[1]
https://docs.mamedev.org/tools/floptool.html
Re: Trying to use floptool
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2025 9:18 pm
by LiteGamer
Don't apologize. Thanks you for helping. I could not find the answer I was looking for in those documents. However I was able to find some other similar program that I was able to get working.