Libdsk, a library for accessing discs and disc image files. Track 0 head 1, track 1 head 0, track 1 head 1. The floppy driver does 'heads before tracks' - i.e. ADFS 'L' format disks need to be read 'tracks before heads' - i.e.Seems more common to number the sectors from 1. BBC floppy disks number their sectors starting from 0, whereas it.The floppy driver, and decided I needed more time. I had a read about kernel modules, looked at the source code for The Archimedes ('E' and 'F' formats I believe, but it's many years since Solely to cope with (some of) the 'new directory' ADFS formats used by That there's an 'adfs' kernel module - so, being naive, I popped aįloppy in the drive and tried 'mount -t adfs /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy'. I started with ADFS, on the grounds that the disks are double-densityĪnd therefore less 'alien' to the hardware than DFS disks. Success with these methods on an old machine with a 5.25' drive. My testing has mainly been with 3.5' floppies, although I've had

Of the data on the disks is useful to have on my day-to-day platform. I'm fortunate in that I still have a BBC Master 128 in service, but some If you're running on other hardware, this may or may notīe useful to you - proceed at your own risk.Īs a BBC Micro enthusiast, I've got loads of DFS and ADFS floppy disks. Reading DFS and ADFS floppy disks under Linux Reading DFS and ADFS floppy disks under Linux Actually, before we start, the following has only been tested on Linux

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