Date   : Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:22:50 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: DFS Imager

Michael Howard wrote:
> I'm looking for some software to image the numerous DFS (and
> ADFS but I have that sorted) floppies I have lying around. These
[snip]
> I would prefer not to use software such as 'xfer' over a serial
[snip]
> I have an A5000 withh a Cumana 5.25" drive attached and can read these
> discs using !DFSreader. What I would like is something that can grab the
> images in such a format that I could restore them should the need arise
> in the future. BBC/Risc OS/Windows based, any would surfice but as I
 
Have you searched the archives? I'm sure I've posted this before.
 
See http://mdfs.net/Apps/DiskTools
 
BACKUP - Copy sequential disk to/from image file
Syntax: *BACKUP (<src> <dst> (<trks> <sides>) (-t <tries>).
<src> and <dst> can be image files, eg *BACKUP 0 net:image/ssd
BBC BASIC (BBC/RISC OS/Windows)
 
DiskToImg & ImgToDisk
Copy 400K (256*10*80*2) disk to image/Copy image to disk.
BBC BASIC (RISC OS)
 
Read800 & Write800
Copy 800K (1024*5*80*2) disk to image/Copy image to disk.
BBC BASIC (RISC OS)
 
DSDtoSSD & SSDtoDSD
Syntax: *DSDtoSSD (<src> <dst>)
Syntax: *SSDtoDSD (<src> <dst>)
Convert sequential (.ssd) image to interleaved (.dsd)/Convert
interleaved to sequential.
BBC BASIC (RISC OS)
 
MkImage
Syntax: *MkImage outfile inpath -cycles num -debug -fs type
-i at file -o opt -q -s size -t title -u -x file -quit command
Creates DFS disk images from set of files.
BBC BASIC (BBC/RISC OS/Windows)
 
SJFiler
Filer to access SJ MDFS file server floppy disks and disk images
to examine and extract files.
BBC BASIC (BBC/RISC OS/Windows)
 
UnixFiler
Filer to access Unix disk images to examine and extract files.
BBC BASIC (BBC/RISC OS/Windows)
 
DFSReader
RISC OS desktop application to access Acorn DFS disks. Regardless
of its name, it writes to DFS disks as well as reads them.
 
HADFSFiler
RISC OS desktop application to access Harston ADFS disks and
images.
 
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