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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.

An HDF is not something I plan to provide, however you can do it yourself fairly easily using RPCEmu:

1. 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
2. Install PackMan
3. Launch !PackMan
4. Select Advanced/Sources and add the JASPP source: https://www.jaspp.org.uk/packages/release, updating the list
5. Install HDFFS via PackMan
6. Restart to load HDFFS
7. Create a blank file for the HFD image and set it's type to HardDisc
8. Launch the HDF to mount it with HDFFS
9. Format HDFFS::4 with Partition Manager (use the current beta until I make the package available via PackMan)
10. Open HDFFS::4
11. Launch !PackMan and select Advanced/Paths from the menu
12. Add "Apps.Games" with location on disc set to "Games" and drag the folder to HDFFS::4
13. 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.