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Here are the basic changes and rules to follow when editing your "_ol.uae" config files if you are adding your own hdf's or Directory/ Folder direct access for anything extra you are adding to your A500 Mini for anyone who doesn't know yet or hasn't quite figured it out...
Example: For Adding A Workbench Set Up Using Directories/ Folders Directly... as drive DH0:...
In this example your Directory/ Folder for Workbench is called on your USB Drive "Workbench 3.1" and you have stored it on your USB Drive at the path "Amiga Workbench/Workbench Directories/Workbench 3.1/"...
Then you would edit the "drives" settings in your "Workbench 3.1_ol.uae" config file to look like this...
filesystem2=rw,DH0:Workbench:/mnt/Amiga Workbench/Workbench Directories/Workbench 3.1/,10
uaehf0=dir,rw,DH0:Workbench:/mnt/Amiga Workbench/Workbench Directories/Workbench 3.1/,10
Where "DHO:" is the drives device name
"Workbench" is the name you want this drive to use/ be called
"/mnt/Amiga Workbench/Workbench Directories/Workbench 3.1/" is the actual full pathname to where the version of Workbench is stored on your USB Drive that you are going to run and use...
NOTE: You MUST include BOTH the "filesystem2" line AND the "uaehf0" line for things to work...
Example: For Adding A Workbench Set Up Using an hdf file (Hard Disk File) as drive DH0:...
In this example your Workbench .hdf is called "Workbench 3.1.hdf" and is stored on your USB Drive at the path "Amiga Workbench/Workbench hdfs/Workbench 3.1. hdf"...
Then you edit the "drives" settings in your "Workbench 3.1_ol.uae" config file to look like this...
hardfile2=rw,DH0:/mnt/Amiga Workbench/Workbench Versions/Workbench hdfs/Workbench 3.1.hdf,32,1,2,512,10,,uae0
uaehf0=hdf,rw,DH0:/mnt/Amiga Workbench/Workbench Versions/Workbench hdfs/Workbench3.1.hdf,32,1,2,512,10,,uae0
NOTE: You MUST include BOTH the "filesystem2" line AND the "uaehf0" line for things to work...
NOTE: The numbers "32,1,2,512,10" are filesystem numbers that represent the number of heads, tracks, sectors and bytes per block etc the hdf image is using. These are the stock/ standard settings but if your hdf was created using different settings then you might have to change those numbers to the ones used when the hdf was created (often that might be "0,0,0,512,0,") but it really depends on what the settings may have been changed to by the person who created the HDF if it wasn't yourself)...
Those are the basic rules to follow when adding your own hdf's or using Directory/ Folder direct access, in other words make sure the directory/ folder, file and pathnames are edited to point to exactly where you have stored things on your USB Drive (and always check your spelling)...
It might look complicated but it isn't really and you'll soon get the hang of it...
Example: For Adding A Workbench Set Up Using Directories/ Folders Directly... as drive DH0:...
In this example your Directory/ Folder for Workbench is called on your USB Drive "Workbench 3.1" and you have stored it on your USB Drive at the path "Amiga Workbench/Workbench Directories/Workbench 3.1/"...
Then you would edit the "drives" settings in your "Workbench 3.1_ol.uae" config file to look like this...
filesystem2=rw,DH0:Workbench:/mnt/Amiga Workbench/Workbench Directories/Workbench 3.1/,10
uaehf0=dir,rw,DH0:Workbench:/mnt/Amiga Workbench/Workbench Directories/Workbench 3.1/,10
Where "DHO:" is the drives device name
"Workbench" is the name you want this drive to use/ be called
"/mnt/Amiga Workbench/Workbench Directories/Workbench 3.1/" is the actual full pathname to where the version of Workbench is stored on your USB Drive that you are going to run and use...
NOTE: You MUST include BOTH the "filesystem2" line AND the "uaehf0" line for things to work...
Example: For Adding A Workbench Set Up Using an hdf file (Hard Disk File) as drive DH0:...
In this example your Workbench .hdf is called "Workbench 3.1.hdf" and is stored on your USB Drive at the path "Amiga Workbench/Workbench hdfs/Workbench 3.1. hdf"...
Then you edit the "drives" settings in your "Workbench 3.1_ol.uae" config file to look like this...
hardfile2=rw,DH0:/mnt/Amiga Workbench/Workbench Versions/Workbench hdfs/Workbench 3.1.hdf,32,1,2,512,10,,uae0
uaehf0=hdf,rw,DH0:/mnt/Amiga Workbench/Workbench Versions/Workbench hdfs/Workbench3.1.hdf,32,1,2,512,10,,uae0
NOTE: You MUST include BOTH the "filesystem2" line AND the "uaehf0" line for things to work...
NOTE: The numbers "32,1,2,512,10" are filesystem numbers that represent the number of heads, tracks, sectors and bytes per block etc the hdf image is using. These are the stock/ standard settings but if your hdf was created using different settings then you might have to change those numbers to the ones used when the hdf was created (often that might be "0,0,0,512,0,") but it really depends on what the settings may have been changed to by the person who created the HDF if it wasn't yourself)...
Those are the basic rules to follow when adding your own hdf's or using Directory/ Folder direct access, in other words make sure the directory/ folder, file and pathnames are edited to point to exactly where you have stored things on your USB Drive (and always check your spelling)...
It might look complicated but it isn't really and you'll soon get the hang of it...