Suppose I have ff_matrix (also doesn't work with ffdf) objects called x and y. x is a 100*10 matrix and y is a 10*1 matrix.
library(ffbase)
x <- as.ffdf(data.frame(matrix(rnorm(100*10),ncol=10)))
y <- as.ffdf(data.frame(matrix(rnorm(10))))
x <- ffbase:::as.ff_matrix.ffdf(x)
y <- ffbase:::as.ff_matrix.ffdf(y)
However, x %*% y will result in Error in x %*% y : requires numeric/complex matrix/vector arguments.