how to install dbaseIV on a XP machine with out floppy
drive?

the title says it all :)

Any hints welcome and glad to see that there are still "geeks" like me

Ronnie MacGregor wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:42:14 -0700
> Bill said :
> 
>> the title says it all :)
>>
>> Any hints welcome and glad to see that there are still
"geeks" like me 
>> that think dbase is still very good usable.
> 
> Simply copy an existing installation via any media type you choose to your
XP 
> machine. 
> 
That implies that you have more than one computer and Dbase installed on 
one of them :)
I got an old laptop from 12 years ago(win98), but no floppy drive in 
there either and a real old desktop(win95) with a floppy drive, but no 
USB or network possibility and not enough memory to run/install Dbase.
My last solution was to rip-out that floppy drive and hook it up to the 
new computer, install Dbase and remove it again. But Dbase wants nothing 
to do with XP's semi Dos. Now when I boot-up the new computer with a dos 
boot disk there is only an unformatted C disk as my old Dos6 doesn't 
understand a SATA Raid disk of 600 Gig.

Ronnie MacGregor wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:04:48 -0700
> Bill said :
> 
>> That implies that you have more than one computer and Dbase installed
on 
>> one of them :)
>> I got an old laptop from 12 years ago(win98), but no floppy drive in 
>> there either and a real old desktop(win95) with a floppy drive, but no

>> USB or network possibility and not enough memory to run/install Dbase.
>> My last solution was to rip-out that floppy drive and hook it up to the

>> new computer, install Dbase and remove it again. But Dbase wants
nothing 
>> to do with XP's semi Dos. Now when I boot-up the new computer with a
dos 
>> boot disk there is only an unformatted C disk as my old Dos6 doesn't 
>> understand a SATA Raid disk of 600 Gig.
>> So simply is not really that simple, any software tricks to iron this
out.
> 
> dBASE IV occupies about 10MB of disk space
> 
> Install it on your WIn95 machine.
> 
> Split the files into 10 chunks that will individually fit onto 10 floppy
disks.
> 
> Hook floppy drive up to new machine and copy back to hard drive.
> 
> Copy result to CD so that you are never faced with this again.
> 


remember this :) <not enough memory to run/install Dbase.> if it was 
that simple I would be pushing floppies all day :)
I managed to get the dbase.ovl together but couldn't do it with the help 
file.
I guess the trial and error method until it's done and then I burn it on CD.

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:42:14 -0700
Bill said :

> the title says it all :)
> 
> Any hints welcome and glad to see that there are still "geeks"
like me 
> that think dbase is still very good usable.

Simply copy an existing installation via any media type you choose to your XP 
machine. 

-- 
Ronnie MacGregor
Scotland

Ronnie at
dBASEdeveloper
dot co dot uk

www.dBASEdeveloper.co.uk

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:04:48 -0700
Bill said :

> That implies that you have more than one computer and Dbase installed on 
> one of them :)
> I got an old laptop from 12 years ago(win98), but no floppy drive in 
> there either and a real old desktop(win95) with a floppy drive, but no 
> USB or network possibility and not enough memory to run/install Dbase.
> My last solution was to rip-out that floppy drive and hook it up to the 
> new computer, install Dbase and remove it again. But Dbase wants nothing 
> to do with XP's semi Dos. Now when I boot-up the new computer with a dos 
> boot disk there is only an unformatted C disk as my old Dos6 doesn't 
> understand a SATA Raid disk of 600 Gig.
> So simply is not really that simple, any software tricks to iron this out.

dBASE IV occupies about 10MB of disk space

Install it on your WIn95 machine.

Split the files into 10 chunks that will individually fit onto 10 floppy disks.

Hook floppy drive up to new machine and copy back to hard drive.

Copy result to CD so that you are never faced with this again.

-- 
Ronnie MacGregor
Scotland

Ronnie at
dBASEdeveloper
dot co dot uk

www.dBASEdeveloper.co.uk