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CrossBrand - How to copy a file greater than 1.44 MB to multiple floppies.
Applicable to: World-Wide
Symptom:
A downloaded driver package will not fit onto a single floppy diskette. The file size is greater than 1.44 Megabytes.
Configuration:
Attempting to transfer files greater than 1.44 MB in size, from one computer system to another.
Solution:
One solution to this problem is to use PKZIP to compress the file onto multiple floppies. And use PKUNZIP to restore the file onto the target computer. To download v2.04g of PKWARES Zip utilities, PKZ204G.EXE, click HERE. These utilities will run on DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and OS/2 Warp.
Installation instructions for the Zip Utilities
1. Download PKZ204G.EXE to a temp directory.
2. Execute PKZ204G.EXE. This is a self-extracting zip file.
3. Copy the following two files to the target folder.
Target Folder for DOS users, C:\DOS or the drive and directory where DOS is installed.
Target Folder for Windows 3.1/95/98 users, C:\WINDOWS or the drive and directory where Windows is installed.
Target Folder for Windows NT 4.0 users, C:\WINNT or the drive and directory where Windows NT 4.0 is installed.
Target Folder for OS/2 users, C:\OS2 or the drive and directory where OS/2 is installed.
COPY PKZIP.EXE target_folder
COPY PKUNZIP.EXE target_folder
Instructions for backing up a large file to multiple floppy diskette
Do the following on the computer system that you wish to transfer the file from.
1. Open a DOS Command prompt. This is especially important for OS/2 and Windows NT users. (To open a DOS command prompt in Windows NT, Click on Start -> Run and enter COMMAND.COM.)
2. Change to the directory where the large file that needs to be transferred is located.
3. Depending on the size of the file, have several blank floppy diskettes available. As a general rule, have a diskette available for every megabyte of file size, e.g. if the file is 4.313 MB in size, have 4 floppy diskettes available. Label each diskette as Diskette #1, Diskette #2, etc.
4. Run the following command exactly as it appears below. Be sure to include the double-quote marks around the -&f. This is REQUIRED for Windows NT users.
PKZIP "-&f" A:\TRANSFER.ZIP filename_to_be_backed_up
and follow the prompts that appear on the screen.
5. If you do not have PKUNZIP.EXE on the target computer system, do the following:
a. Insert a blank diskette into the floppy drive.
b. Run the following command:
COPY PKUNZIP.EXE A:\
Instructions for restoring a large file from multiple floppy diskettes
Do the following on the target computer that you wish to restore the file too.
1. Open a DOS Command prompt. This is especially important for OS/2 and Windows NT users. (To open a DOS command prompt in Windows NT, Click on Start -> Run and enter COMMAND.COM.)
2. Create a TEMP directory.
3. Change to the TEMP directory.
4. If PKUNZIP.EXE is not already on the system, do the following. (Test by typing PKUNZIP and pressing the Enter key. If the file is on the system, the screen should fill with information about how to use PKUNZIP.)
a. Insert the diskette with PKUNZIP.EXE into the floppy drive.
b. run the following command.
COPY PKUNZIP.EXE target_folder
Where
target_folder for DOS users is C:\DOS or the drive and directory where DOS is installed.
target_folder for Windows 3.1/95/98 users is C:\WINDOWS or the drive and directory where Windows is installed.
target_folder for Windows NT 4.0 users is C:\WINNT or the drive and directory where Windows NT 4.0 is installed.
target_folder for OS/2 users is C:\OS2 or the drive and directory where OS/2 is installed.
5. Insert the last diskette of the diskettes that were just created into the floppy drive.
6. Run the following command to restore the file.
PKUNZIP A:\TRANSFER.ZIP
and follow the prompts that appear on the screen.
NOTE: Systems running CardSoft PCMCIA drivers may experience problems when running PKUNZIP. Use the following command instead. For further details, click here.
PKUNZIP -) A:\TRANSFER.ZIP
For additional information about PKZIP and PKUNZIP, click here.
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