Date   : Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:43:17 -0000
From   : "David Harper" <dl.harper@...>
Subject: Re: Linux user-space DFS and ADFS tools?

"Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:

> Before I try to sling something together, has anyone got any user-space
> DFS and ADFS tools that will run under Linux? I just need something
> that'll pull all individual files out of raw floppy images and stick them
> under a subdir in the host filesystem, so nothing too complex.
>
> Failing that, what's a good reference for the DFS amd ADFS (as used on BBC
> floppies) formats? I've got the advanced disk user guide here, but it
> seems more concerned with the ROM interfaces to the filesystems than the
> filesystems themselves.

I was at one stage intending to write a program to do this simply under DOS.
(I could yet finish it!)

In preparation I did a bit of an examination of ADFS disk structure. The
results might as well be available for anyone interested, so I have just
converted the summary into HTML and stuck it on the web at:
    http://uk.geocities.com/curried.onion@btopenworld.com/bbc-computer/adfs.html

Perhaps it may be of use.

David Harper