Well, for google purposes, the info found online forget's to tell about partition numbers so this is mine.
Dump the disk information in a shell, you'll need to know the size to be sure it is the right disk, since fdisk does not display ffs partitions.
sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xbdca301f
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 409601379 204697266 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 409602046 667414527 128906241 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 409602048 604913663 97655808 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 604915712 667414527 31249408 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 16.0 GB, 16021192704 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1947 cylinders, total 31291392 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 8192 31291391 15641600 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Disk /dev/sdc: 4009 MB, 4009549824 bytes
124 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1018 cylinders, total 7831152 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
The disk is sdc, but not identified partitions are on it. First partition would be sdc1 but it is not listed, but you need to specify it anyhow Don't forget to imagine the partition number or it won't work.
You need to make a mount point to mount the amiga ffs system.
sudo mkdir /mnt/amiga
sudo mount -t affs /dev/sdc1 /mnt/amiga
Then you can go to there and read files. Though you won't be able to write to it.
Best is to open a window to drop the files in, so run nautilus with root permissions. (now you can drag files in to the window)
sudo nautilus
Voila, writing to ffs in linux, no winuae needed (real fast!) It's also very fast to make a backup. Ubuntu does not seem to wait for writing to complete, it returns shell instantly.
Before removal or cf card over usb best to unmount:
sudo umount /mnt/amiga
The execution bit gets lost, so you might need to extract files on amiga. Or label the proper file(s)
Dump the disk information in a shell, you'll need to know the size to be sure it is the right disk, since fdisk does not display ffs partitions.
sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xbdca301f
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 409601379 204697266 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 409602046 667414527 128906241 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 409602048 604913663 97655808 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 604915712 667414527 31249408 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 16.0 GB, 16021192704 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1947 cylinders, total 31291392 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 8192 31291391 15641600 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Disk /dev/sdc: 4009 MB, 4009549824 bytes
124 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1018 cylinders, total 7831152 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
The disk is sdc, but not identified partitions are on it. First partition would be sdc1 but it is not listed, but you need to specify it anyhow Don't forget to imagine the partition number or it won't work.
You need to make a mount point to mount the amiga ffs system.
sudo mkdir /mnt/amiga
sudo mount -t affs /dev/sdc1 /mnt/amiga
Then you can go to there and read files. Though you won't be able to write to it.
Best is to open a window to drop the files in, so run nautilus with root permissions. (now you can drag files in to the window)
sudo nautilus
Voila, writing to ffs in linux, no winuae needed (real fast!) It's also very fast to make a backup. Ubuntu does not seem to wait for writing to complete, it returns shell instantly.
Before removal or cf card over usb best to unmount:
sudo umount /mnt/amiga
The execution bit gets lost, so you might need to extract files on amiga. Or label the proper file(s)
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