Gotek Setup

[who]

I'm trying to install a Gotek drive and am running into problems.  I formatted the thumb drive FAT32 and the Gotek displays the HFE files, but the EII will not boot.  I'm pretty sure the HFE files are good because I copied them from an SD card used in a Lotharek floppy emulator.

I tried using EMXP to create disk images from the HFE files and changed the extension on the resulting files to IMG.  The Gotek recognized the IMG files but ERR*31 was displayed by the Gotek.

What am I missing?

[who]

I found the issue.  My FF.CFG file was wrong.  here's what worked:

## FF.CFG: Example FlashFloppy Configuration File

# Place in the root folder or FF/ subfolder of your USB drive.
# Uncommented lines below are the default settings.
# Uncommented options cannot be overridden by settings in other config files.

##
## DRIVE EMULATION

# Floppy-drive interface mode
# shugart: P2=DSKCHG, P34=RDY
# ibmpc: P2=unused, P34=DSKCHG
# ibmpc-hdout: P2=HD_OUT, P34=DSKCHG
# akai-s950: P2=HD_OUT, P34=RDY (Akai S950)
# amiga: P2=DSKCHG, P34=DRIVE_ID (not generally needed: prefer 'shugart')
# jc: JC closed: ibmpc, JC open: shugart
interface = shugart

# Pins 2 & 34 manual configuration
# auto: Auto-configure from interface= setting
# nc: Unused/No Connection
# low: Always 0 volts (0v)
# high: Always 5 volts (5v)
# rdy: Drive ready (Ready = 0v)
# nrdy: Logical complement of above
# dens: Density mode (High Density = 0v)
# ndens: Logical complement of above
# chg: Disk changed (Changed = 0v)
# nchg: Logical complement of above
# Values: auto, nc, low, high, rdy, nrdy, dens, ndens, chg, nchg
pin02 = auto
pin34 = auto

# Host platform: Improves image-format detection for generic types such as IMG
# acorn: Acorn ADFS
# akai: Akai (S01, S20, S950)
# dec: DEC (RX33, RX50)
# ensoniq: Ensoniq (ASR, TS, etc)
# gem: General Music (S2, S3)
# memotech: Memotech
# msx: MSX
# pc98: NEC PC-98
# pc-dos: PC DOS Format (geometry determined from Bios Parameter Block)
# ti99: TI-99/4A
# uknc: UKNC / DVK Soviet PDP-11
# unspecified: Common default geometries (including IBM PC)
host = unspecified

# Forcibly write-protect images, or respect the FAT read-only attribute?
# Values: yes | no
write-protect = no

# Filter glitches in the SIDE-select signal shorter than N microseconds
# Values: 0 <= N <= 255
side-select-glitch-filter = 0

# Rotational offset of data after a track change
# instant: No rotation during track change
# realtime: Emulate rotation of disk while track is changing
# Values: instant | realtime
track-change = instant

# Index pulses suppressed when RDATA and WDATA inactive?
# Values: yes | no
index-suppression = yes

##
## STARTUP / INITIALISATION

# Disk image loaded or ejected at startup?
# Values: yes | no
ejected-on-startup = no

# Which image (or folder) is selected at startup?
# last: Last-selected item at power-off (recorded in IMAGE_A.CFG)
# static: Static path specified in IMAGE_A.CFG
# init: First item in root folder
# Values: last | static | init
image-on-startup = last

# Time in milliseconds to attempt to probe attached display.
# You may set this to 0 if you have a 2-digit LED display attached.
# Values: 0 <= N <= 65535
display-probe-ms = 3000

##
## IMAGE NAVIGATION

# Auto-select the current file after N seconds
# N=0: disable auto-select
# Values: 0 <= N <= 255
autoselect-file-secs = 2

# Auto-select the current folder after N seconds
# N=0: disable auto-select
# Values: 0 <= N <= 255
autoselect-folder-secs = 2

# Navigation mode for selecting images/slots
# native:  Navigate through all valid images/dirs
# indexed: Navigate through DSKA0000, DSKA0001, ...
# default: native unless overridden by HxC-compat-mode config
nav-mode = native

# When navigating slots or folder, loop at min/max?
# Values: yes | no
nav-loop = yes

# Actions of first two buttons.
#              B1     | B2     | Both
# zero:        Prev   | Next   | Slot 0
# eject:       Prev   | Next   | Eject/Insert
# rotary:      Up-dir | Select | -
# rotary-fast: Prev   | Next   | Up-dir [Prev/Next are accelerated]
twobutton-action = zero

# Type of rotary encoder connected to pins PC10 and PC11, identified by
# fraction of a Gray-code cycle performed per detent/click.
# If default value ('full') requires multiple clicks/detents to move position
# then change to 'half' (if 2 clicks per move) or 'quarter' (if 4 clicks).
# Values: none | quarter | half | full
rotary = full

##
## DISPLAY

# Display Type: <type>[-rotate][-narrow][-sh1106]
# auto: Auto-detect (7-seg LED, LCD, OLED)
# lcd-NNx02: NNx2 backlit LCD with I2C backpack (16 <= NN <= 40)
# oled-128xNN: 128xNN I2C OLED (NN = 32 | 64)
#  -rotate: OLED view is rotated 180 degrees
#  -narrow: OLED view is restricted to Gotek display cutout
#  -sh1106: OLED controller is SH1106, not SSD1306
# Values: auto | lcd-NNx02 | oled-128xNN[-rotate][-narrow][-sh1106]
display-type = oled-128x32-rotate

# OLED Font. Narrow and wide options.
# Narrower 6x13 font permits:
#  - More characters per row
#  - Use of Gotek display cutout (with "display-type=oled-128x32-narrow")
# Values: 6x13 | 8x16
oled-font = 8x16

# Turn an LCD or OLED display off after N seconds of inactivity
# N=0: always off; N=255: always on
# Values: 0 <= N <= 255
display-off-secs = 60

# Automatically switch LCD/OLED display on when there is drive activity?
# Values: yes | no
display-on-activity = yes

# LCD/OLED long filename scroll rate in milliseconds per update
# Values: 100 <= N <= 65535
display-scroll-rate = 200

# LCD/OLED pause time at start/end of scroll, in milliseconds
# Zero means endless scroll
# Values: 0 <= N <= 65535
display-scroll-pause = 2000

# LCD/OLED long filename scroll rate during navigation (ms per update)
# Values: 0 <= N <= 65535
nav-scroll-rate = 80

# LCD/OLED long filename pause before scroll, during navigation (milliseconds)
# Values: 0 <= N <= 65535
nav-scroll-pause = 300

##
## MISCELLANEOUS

# Speaker volume for head STEP
# Values: 0 <= N <= 20
step-volume = 10

# Report the specified version number to host software
# Values: <quoted-string> ("" means report real version)
# eg. da-report-version = "v3.0.0.0"
da-report-version = ""

# Automatically extend certain types of truncated image file (SSD,DSD,TRD)?
# Values: yes | no
extend-image = yes