ADFS filesystem in a file?

Is there a tool that makes a normal ADFS filesystem inside a container file on some other filesystem? Like SparkFS but without the compression.

I want to make an ADFS filesystem on a FAT32 disk without reformatting the disk.

There is a 32bit version of XFiles. You can use a DOS image file too. Both works well under RISC OS. The OS cannot manage FileCore image files (despite the fact there is a filetype for them). It would be a good candidate for a bounty (with support of repair utilities), to transfer data or support Archiemu discs.

Tar on its own doesn’t compress.
I moved to using tar from using John Kortink’s archiver which is 26bit only.
I’m not sure how well SparkFS tar would do the job for you, but it should be faster than zipping if it does work.

I may not be understanding this, but there are ADFS ‘disc’ files.
RPCEmu can use them as hard discs or floppy discs.

And if it is of any use SparkFS can generate zip files with no compression. I used to use these to quickly back up files onto a FAT harddisc.

Is there an XFiles that works on PandaBoard? I used to use it ages ago so have some XFiles on old CDROMs.

Jim

I have one on my hard disc that should work. Send me your e-mail address at temp1267@riscos.fr.

Thanks for all the suggestions. In the end I should have just read my own question. I wanted “SparkFS but without the compression”, so I just used SparkFS and turned the compression off.

Works great. :)