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Number   :  515
Date     :  2001-08-03
Author   :  Michael Marquart
Subject  :  Re: lite version??
Size(KB) :  2



Have you considered a bootable cdrom, with a less-capable bootable floppy as a
backup when the PC is not able to boot from cdrom?

Credit card sized cd's would be perfect.


Michael.


On Fri, 3 Aug 2001 14:54:57 -0500, "Dan Anderson" 
wrote:

>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??
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>> 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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