Date   : Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:21:15 +0000
From   : mike@... (Michael Howard)
Subject: DFS Imager

Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
>> Message-ID: <477168D1.9010707@...>
>>     
>  
> Michael Howard wrote:
>   
>>>> I'm looking for some software to image the numerous DFS (and
>>>>         
>>> See http://mdfs.net/Apps/DiskTools
>>>       
>> I indeed, visited the site you suggest above, but, either I'm blind, or
>> the page content assumes a certain level of knowledge beyond my own.
>> There is nowhere that I can see that implies I can create a disk image
>> from a single sided, single density (100k) DFS disk.
>>     
>  
> BACKUP - Copy sequential disk to/from image file.
> Runs on BBC
> Example:
> CHAIN "BACKUP 0 adfs::1.image/ssd 80 1"
> ...will create a file called ":1.image/ssd" on the "adfs" filing
> system, containing "1" side of "80" tracks of the contents of
> the FM (DFS) disk sectors on drive "0".
> Example:
> CHAIN "BACKUP"
> At the prompts enter:
> Source drive: 0
> Dest. drive: adfs::1.image/ssd
> Number of tracks: 80
> Number of sides: 1
> Number of tries: <return>
> ...will create a file called ":1.image/ssd" on the "adfs" filing
> system, containing "1" side of "80" tracks of the contents of
> the FM (DFS) disk sectors on drive "0".
>  
> DiskToImg - Copy 400K (256*10*80*2) disk to image/Copy image to
> disk.
> Runs on RISC OS
> Example:
> CHAIN "DiskToImg"
> At the prompts enter:
> Source drive: 0
> Dest. file: adfs::4.image/ssd
> ...will create a file called ":4.image/ssd" on the "adfs" filing
> system, containing two sides of 80 tracks of the contents of the
> FM (DFS) disk sectors on drive "0".
>  
> Modify the REMs near line 8 to change the disk size imaged.
>  
>   
Thank you for the info Johnathan, I'll give it a try.

Cheers,
Mike.

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Michael Howard         mike at dewberryfields dot co dot uk
Lancashire
England