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Number   :  514
Date     :  2001-08-03
Author   :  Dan Anderson
Subject  :  Re: lite version??
Size(KB) :  2


Does it matter much if you have two floppies? One can be your boot-floppy
and the other would contain auxiliary files. Are there any other
considerations other than the convenience of a single floppy ? One of the
problems with a lite version would supposedly by the issue of dual
maintenance and the question of what enhancements to add or not add to each
version. Different floppies might also require different versions of
'lite'. Sounds messy.

...Dan


----- Original Message -----
From: F. Schmultzburger 
To: 
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 1:11 PM
Subject: [xxcopy] lite version??


> OK, I'm not looking for flames here, but I have a complaint. Xxcopy
> is too big! Let me explain...
>
> I have a fairly complete boot floppy that my collegues and I to use
> when dealing with clients computers when windows is screwed up. I
> really like XXCOPY, but it's much bigger than MS's XCOPY, and the boot
> disk has less than 10k to spare. Now, I understand that XXCOPY has
> far more capability, but I would be willing to trade a some portion of
> "extra" functionality for an .exe file that is the same size or
> smaller than MS's XCOPY.
>
> How possible would it be to have a 16-bit "XXCOPYLT" (xxcopy lite)?
> If that is just not going to happen, does anybody have any
> alternatives for a XCOPY-like program that uses the same basic
> switches as MS?
>
> Thanks.
>
> PS - in case anyone is wondering, this (single) boot floppy can:
>
> sys
> xcopy
> fdisk
> format
> scandisk
> deltree
> edit
> attrib
> grep
> sed
> extract from .CABs
> access most IDE CD-ROM drives
> read files on NTFS partitions
> access parallel and IDE Zip drives
> list and copy with and by LFNs
> recognize and remove non-DOS partitions
> edit previous and current CLs
> use (short) file name completion
>
> And most imporantly...
> Log into an NT domain (IF the NIC has DOS drivers)
> I keep FTP, Telnet, Antivirus, and other tools on the server.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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