copying large files

[Jerry Kuntz]

Jacques Presseault wrote:
> 
> York County Hospital wrote:
> 
> > Need to know:
> >
> > Is it possible to copy files larger than 1.4 megabytes from hard drive
> > to
> > 1.4 megabyte floppy disks?
> > if so, how?  Thanks.
> 
> I can think of 2 ways:
> 
> compress the file down to under 1.44Mg using WinZip or some other
> similar program.
> 
> split the file into separate less-than-1.44Mg "sub"-files and copy each
> of those onto separate floppies
> 
> > kathy dedrick
> > york county  hospital
> > health sciences library
> > newmarket,ontario
> > ych at ican.net
> 
> --
> Jacques Presseault  jacques at olsn.on.ca
> Ontario Library Service - North (Sudbury)
> http://www.library.on.ca/index.html
> Tel.: (705) 675-6433 Fax: (705) 671-2441

There are also utilities that allow you to format floppies greater than
1.44 MB. One that I know of is the SAB Diskette Utility available
through ZDNet's Software Library. There are others around, too. Using
a combination of zip files and these super-formated diskettes, you can
fit quite a lot.

			Jerry Kuntz
			Ramapo Catskill Library System
			jkuntz at rcls.org