Hi,
I am using Previous 2.6 and I want to install an app, which uses 3 floppy disks to install. I can mount a disk before booting, but how do I swap disks while the emulator is running?
Quote from: Spockie on November 22, 2022, 03:01:50 PMHi,
I am using Previous 2.6 and I want to install an app, which uses 3 floppy disks to install. I can mount a disk before booting, but how do I swap disks while the emulator is running?
You should be able to switch them using F12 to get back into the Previous menu, then selecting the SCSI disk option.
I use that to switch CD-ROM ISO files when in NEXTSTEP, anyway.
Quote from: Spockie on November 22, 2022, 03:01:50 PMHi,
I am using Previous 2.6 and I want to install an app, which uses 3 floppy disks to install. I can mount a disk before booting, but how do I swap disks while the emulator is running?
I use F12 to go to the emulator menu, and then click "floppy disks" and "insert", selecting the disk image.
You should probably eject the disk first from inside nextstep by dragging the floppy icon in file viewer to the thrash/recycle icon in the lower right corner.
Awesome. Thanks. This helped me out a lot. I'm new to Previous. But now I got to install Illustrator from 3 disks.
Cheers
HanSolo
I am facing a similar problem...but on real hardware. I have an external BlueSCSI attached with the 3 floppy disk images of a 3-disk install mounted, but after running the installed on disk one, it tells me to insert disk 2 (which is mounted). It's not sensing an eject or insert, of course.
Is there some way to spoof this under NS 3.3 on a slab (which has a physical floppy drive, ofc)?
bp
The BueSCSi developer was developing (or getting someone to develop) an app for NeXT to switch images, but i'm not sure if it supports BlueSCSI v1 or v2 and i'm not sure it will solve your issue, because i'm not sure BlueSCSI simulates a real floppy.
https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/bluescsi-toolbox-next-edition.3536/ (
https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/bluescsi-toolbox-next-edition.3536/)
You can try to unmount the first floppy image with command "umount" or "eject"
EDIT: i see you posted on that URL