To open a CF takes not much longer than to open an image (a few seconds). To insert files into a CF is not very long either. What takes time is to copy an image to a CF (write) or to backup a CF to an image (read) : approx 45 minutes for 1Gb with my hardware. Because it copies a huge amount of data compared to simply insert (or extract) a file.Chr$ wrote:Does that also take many hours to open, or is it quicker than full imaging?polka wrote: But then you have to copy the image back on the CF ? You can do this directly on the CF chip, instead of opening an image : use Disc > Open disc instead of File > Open image . I make Habi images only for rare ( I hope ! ) backups.
In any case via the Habi software, you can only share data files between a QL with a CF and an emulator (zip files are a kind of data files). When putting data files from CF to PC emulator, just make sure that it is without a header. And from PC emulator to CF, make sure that a "fake" header is added - see how to do, pondering my man-habi doc a few posts up. This counts only when extracting or inserting files not when reading CF or writing img.Chr$ wrote:I wonder what is wrong with how I do things then if the imaging settings are irrelevant.
But you can always share ANY type o files between CF and emulator through QL formatted floppies (or mdvs).
POLKa