I hate ADF's :(

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Just a 2:30am rant here, what %@%@ idiots decided it was a good idea to distribute software as ADF's? Now I gotta go hunt down a bunch of floppy disks, cross my fingers and pray to all the gods that I can write information to them without hitting any bad spots on crummy 20+ year old media, only to then read it back in to run the hard drive installer... that's included on the disk? Would it be so hard to just distribute software as an LHA file that could easily be unarchived and installed?

Is there any kind of *easy* utility that will mount ADF files into ram:, just for the purpose of installing them correctly? I've had zero luck finding one.

I never liked ADF format. Never. And if I never see another ADF format file again it'll be too soon.

#middleofthenight_rant :laugh1:

[Kesa]

That %@%@ idiot was me. I did it to hurt you :insane:

[SamuraiCrow]

Have you tried mounting RAD:?  (It is just a thought.)

[alex76gr]

I have used Isomount a couple of times (http://aminet.net/package/util/rexx/isomount124).
It's for CLI only but it works.

You can also use winuae to do the installation and then transfer the installation folder to your real Amiga.
Maybe some assigns won't be transfered this way but it's something that you can easily fix most of the times.

Have you considered of buying a HxC or a Gotek floppy emulator?
These are life savers!

[kolla]

There are plenty of tools on aminet to both mount adf images or treat them as archives.

[Thorham]

I use DiskImage: http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/diskimage. Requires a bit of work to setup, but works great with DirectoryOpus 4 and 5.

[yssing]

While there are many options of reading an ADF to another media than a floppy. It would still be better to have software archived as lha.

[AmiDude]

@ Oldsmobile_Mike

This is what you need to mount/extract ADF's into RAM:

First you need to download DMS2HD and then download one of the XADMaster libraries. Install both to your harddrive.

Open a CLI window and type the following command:
"DMS2HD *.ADF RAM: XADMASTER"
Where "*.ADF" is the ADF file you want to extract. Ýou can also put this command in a file manager such as DiskMaster or Directoryopus.
This is my DiskMaster script:
"AddMenu Archives, DMS2RAM, Extern Tools: DMS2HD %s RAM: XADMASTER;Confirm  Delete DMS Archive? " Yes No;Delete %s"

[Thomas]

Even UnArc from OS 3.9 can extract files from ADFs. (It uses XADMaster, too.)

[AmiDude]

Even UnArc from OS 3.9 can extract files from ADFs. (It uses XADMaster, too.)

Yes, I know. But this script is very handy if you work a lot with DiskMaster.

[zipper]

Double click in Amikit...

[giZmo350]

Hmmm, I don't recall, but maybe EasyADF from AmigaKit does that. If not, maybe AmigaKit can add that functionality? That would be cool! But then again, you would need a PCMCIA slot on your A2000... Then again, maybe AmigaKit could make it work with an SD Card plugged directly into a card reader.

[gertsy]

Yes, I know. But this script is very handy if you work a lot with DiskMaster.

I'm guessing the "even" was directed to Mike.

Lots of options there rather than using old floppy...

Another one is a Gotek floppy emulator flashed with the Amiga compatible firmware.

[bbond007]

I have used Isomount a couple of times (http://aminet.net/package/util/rexx/isomount124).
It's for CLI only but it works.

You can also use winuae to do the installation and then transfer the installation folder to your real Amiga.
Maybe some assigns won't be transfered this way but it's something that you can easily fix most of the times.

Have you considered of buying a HxC or a Gotek floppy emulator?
These are life savers!

that script works great!

there are also hardware based solution called the hxc. i have one but have not tried it yet so i cant comment on it.

[JimDrew]

If you have a PC you could always use WinUAE or similar to mount the .adf and then archive the files.  There are also programs on the PC like TotalCommander that have plug-ins to let you read/write .adf and .hdf files, basically giving you AmigaDOS file systems on the PC.