Kevin Tarr wrote: > At 01:57 PM 2/8/2003 +0900, you wrote: > >I have a very good CD-RW, but I don't know enough about burning install > >disks. Will just copy the floppies onto a single CD, each in its own folder > >work or one CD per floppy. > > > > > > > At 06:19 AM 2/8/03 +0900, you wrote: > > > >The only problem (a sentimental one) with this for me is I will have to > >give > > > >up my Borland Pascal 7.0. I still have the original 12 or 13 720Kb 3.5" > > > >floppies and everytime I upgrade my computer, one of the first things I > >do > > > >is install it. I know it is old and has fallen out of use and favor, but > > I think the first part was missing. I would make a directory > tree ...BorlandCD/disk n/(the contents of disk n) for each disk. Then run > your burner program and see if the directory would fit on one sick. While I > know they packed everything they could onto the floppies, I would bet that > you can come real close to fitting everything. > > The important part, uninstall the Borland package on a computer with a > floppy, then try to install from the program from the CD. You could have > two problems. One would be that the install program refuses to look for the > next disk on the CDrom. Two, they sometimes put data in the root track of > the floppy.(? I can't think of the name of the header track). This data > would be uncopyable, so the install program would know that you didn't have > the original disks, and wouldn't install. > > In fact, try Sonja's method first, just copy the data to your hard drive > and try to install from there. If it does it okay you would have no trouble > getting it from a CD.
Oh, yeah, that.... I forgot. Make sure you have everything copied. That means all the hidden files as well. I don't believe Borland's Pascal 7 had any though. Cannot remember the command to make them show... oh wait that was the DOS era... In windows everything should be cool, as long as you got all the 'hide files' functions unchecked in exploder. Sonja _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
