What are you getting that's going wrong? Those floppies look to be DD (720KB, in PC parlance) rather than HD (1.44MB) so should work, but it's difficult to tell from the chopped-off photos. For me, it "just works" although, if you have an 80T image (as opposed to 40T), you seem to need to use "--format=acorn.dfs.ds80" to force 80 tracks (it doesn't seem to detect this from the size), otherwise it just quietly writes the first 40, e.g.:
But with "--format=acorn.dfs.ds80":
Code:
(default) rcf@doraemon Downloads % gw write --drive=1 elite-compendium-acorn-electron.dsdFormat acorn.dfs.dsWriting c=0-39:h=0-1T0.0: Writing Track (Flux: 200.0ms period, 219.9 ms total, Terminate at index)T0.1: Writing Track (Flux: 200.0ms period, 219.9 ms total, Terminate at index)T1.0: Writing Track (Flux: 200.0ms period, 219.9 ms total, Terminate at index)T1.1: Writing Track (Flux: 200.0ms period, 219.9 ms total, Terminate at index)...T39.0: Writing Track (Flux: 200.0ms period, 219.9 ms total, Terminate at index)T39.1: Writing Track (Flux: 200.0ms period, 219.9 ms total, Terminate at index)All tracks verifiedCode:
(default) rcf@doraemon Downloads % gw write --drive=1 --format=acorn.dfs.ds80 elite-compendium-acorn-electron.dsdFormat acorn.dfs.ds80Writing c=0-79:h=0-1T0.0: Writing Track (Flux: 200.0ms period, 219.9 ms total, Terminate at index)T0.1: Writing Track (Flux: 200.0ms period, 219.9 ms total, Terminate at index)T1.0: Writing Track (Flux: 200.0ms period, 219.9 ms total, Terminate at index)T1.1: Writing Track (Flux: 200.0ms period, 219.9 ms total, Terminate at index)...T79.0: Writing Track (Flux: 200.0ms period, 219.9 ms total, Terminate at index)T79.1: Writing Track (Flux: 200.0ms period, 219.9 ms total, Terminate at index)All tracks verifiedStatistics: Posted by Mince — Wed Feb 11, 2026 10:21 pm