Re: Equal Distribution
On 20 Mar 2001, at 6:46, CK Lester wrote:
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> I've got a customized install program that requires the compressed files be
> in the "files" folder on the floppy drive. The installer makes sure the
> template files get to the right place. There's a bit of hand-holding during
> the install, because a lot of people, though familiar with the applications,
> aren't familiar with the use of templates in those apps.
You know the directory name takes up the same space as filename, right? and
anything over an 8.3 name eats more clusters/sectors. If i were this concerned
over
floppy space, i'd encode the destination dir into the file's name, and put them
all into
root dir on the floppy as an 8.3 name, with no subdirs on the floppy.
For instance:
templ1.tlt -- goes into template dir
menu.exe -- goes somewhere else
splash.gif -- goes to pic dir
Kat
> -ck
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> > On 20 Mar 2001, at 5:56, CK Lester wrote:
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> > > Thanks for the help, David, and others...
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> > > An important requirement here is that I can replace a file on one of the
> > > diskettes if ever necessary... like for updates. So, they have to exist
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> > > the disk(s) as separate files.
> > I just had a thought,, what if you zipped them, or used some other
> compression? As
> > one large compressed file, sector size wouldn't matter anymore. Even
> uncompressed,
> > if they were appended to each other, they'd use entire sectors too, except
> for the last
> > file. You could expand them to the user's harddrive for faster and more
> reliable access
> > at install time.
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> > Kat
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