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The next step is to deal with the USB stick that could contain a HUGE amount of floppies ! You will have to create and format a fat32 partition (this can easily done with Gparted).
This command will upload the FlashFloppy firmware to the Gotek device : # dfu-util -a 0 -D FF_Gotek-v3.22.dfu
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This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTYĭetermining device status: state = dfuERROR, status = 10ĭetermining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0ĭevice disconnects, erases flash and resets now This command will unprotect the Gotek device : # dfu-util -a 0 -s :unprotect:force -D FF_Gotek-v3.22.dfuĬopyright 2005-2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.Ĭopyright 2010-2016 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt This utility will upload the FlashFloppy firmware to the Gotek (follow the 2 steps below)
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download the latest release of the FlashFloppy, unzip it and locate the dfu file (FF_Gotek-v3.22.dfu at the time of writing).Usb 1-1: Manufacturer: STMicroelectronicsīus 001 Device 066: ID 0483:df11 STMicroelectronics STM Device in DFU Mode Usb 1-1: Product: STM32 0x418 DFU Bootloader Usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0483, idProduct=df11, bcdDevice=22.00 Usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 66 using xhci_hcd
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Some logs when the gotek is plugged to the PC host : Remove the temporary pinout and can connect the Gotek to your PC with the USB-A to USB-A cable. These connections will have to be removed once the firmware has been flashed !.This one will have to stay in place once the firmware has been flashed.
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The first FlashFloppy installation has to be done either by serial or USB link to a PC host (as explain on this wiki page). Let’s go the open-source way ! This limitation seems to be irrelevant with the FlashFloppy firmware ! Yummy ! This model is the SFR1M44-U100K and does not seem to be able to read 720K floppies (the picture below is a capture from the owner’s manual). The MC-50 was complaining differently : “Error22 DISK I/O See owner’s manual”. I then tried to copy an empty MF2-DD (720K) virtual floppy on the USB stick.The MC-50 was then outputting an error message : “Attn ! NO DISK Press STOP”.I was able to format the USB stick by pressing the 2 buttons on the Gotek at the same time.It was delivered without documentation or software… Very handy ! Once the Gotek was received, I decided to keep it simple and try the beast with the stock firmware. The MC-50 is very easy to open (less than 10 screws).
I particularly like the DIY concept, especially when it comes to saving old iconic gear. Especially Linux users that are fighting with such a piece of hardware. This page was written as a documentation for myself but could, maybe, be useful for others. I was really happy to discover this alternate open-source firmware ! As you will see later, It was definitely a good move ! Why ? Because it was not expensive, black and listed as being compatible with FlashFloppy. I bought a SFR1M44-U100K Gotek floppy emulator. After some years and a quick research, I decided that it was time to get this baby back to life.