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Date:	Thu, 11 Mar 2004 11:40:11 PST8
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: DOS 5.0

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Sandy Shapiro wrote:

> Now I am thinking of switching to eCS at some future date, and that
> probably means reinstalling my apps. So I am doing a little research now
> on another machine just to see how formidable a task that would be.

Maybe, maybe not. Having run this by Steven and by Larry Martin (the
UNIMAINT developer), I'm thinking it might be worth attempting a
Portable Install procedure on one of my eCS partitions -- but only afterr I
have made partition image backups etc., and overcome a few remaining install
issues. Once I've done that, and cloned the results onto my duplicate HDD,
the risks should be reasonable. The upside of this -- if it works -- would be

to graft the desktop, and the setup for everything I have installed, from my
W4
or my eCS 1.0 partition onto a fresh eCS 1.1 install. I doubt that it will be
quite
that smooth or easy, and I'm sure there would be some necessary adjustments
for
Config.Sys, but the time and effort savings are just too tempting. If I
understand
this UNIMAINT feature correctly, any PATHing differences for app.s at the
Target should get adjusted appropriately by Unimaint when you do this.

Jordan

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