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HDF with ADFFS pre-installed
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2023 8:10 pm
by wmd
Is there any chance we could have a HDF file with ADFFS pre-installed? This would be super-useful for those of us using MiSTer FPGA devices.
*edit* no matter, I managed to sort this myself.
Re: HDF with ADFFS pre-installed
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2023 9:23 am
by JonAbbott
An HDF is not something I plan to provide, however you can do it yourself fairly easily using RPCEmu:
- Install RPCEmu on a PC along with RISC OS 5, using the self-extracting HardDisc4 image to populate !Boot. Configure the RPCEmu Networking via Settings\Networking
- Install PackMan
- Launch !PackMan
- Select Advanced/Sources and add the JASPP source: https://www.jaspp.org.uk/packages/release, updating the list
- Install HDFFS via PackMan
- Restart to load HDFFS
- Create a blank file for the HFD image and set it's type to HardDisc
- Launch the HDF to mount it with HDFFS
- Format HDFFS::4 with Partition Manager (use the current beta until I make the package available via PackMan)
- Open HDFFS::4
- Launch !PackMan and select Advanced/Paths from the menu
- Add "Apps.Games" with location on disc set to "Games" and drag the folder to HDFFS::4
- Install ADFFS and the games you want via PackMan - they should install into the HDF file as you've redirected Apps.Games
Although the initial setup is a bit long-winded, once created you can keep ADFFS and the games up to date on the HDF image via PackMan and easily pull down games as they're published.