Author: James Courtier-Dutton Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Golden oldies - Acorn ADFS disk images
2008/9/8 Rob Malpass <lug@???>: > Hi all
>
> Does anybody know anything about mounting strange FS's onto media? Way
> back when I used to cpmpile kernels (8 years ago) I'm sure there was an
> option to build ADFS *(Acorn Disk Filing System) image support into the
> kernel. This makes me think Linux can read ADFS disks.
>
> In fact I don't want to read ADFS disks, I want to read / write an ADFS
> image to a compact flash card. There's a program for XP that can do this
> but I'd prefer Linux. Is it a question of mount what where once I've got
> ADFS support enabled (not sure how you do that nowadays) and then I can use
> Nautilus or whatever?
>
> Sorry if this is over-simplifying - I guess it might be but it's worth a
> look.
>
> Cheers
> Rob
>
> * ADFS was what us 1987 BBC Micro using schoolchildren used to save our
> coursework on. Still used in RISCOS machines today I think.
> --
ADFS is an option. Some distros might not include it as standard, so
you might need to compile your own kernel. It is under
"filesystems->Miscellaneous filesystems->ADFS.
