> On Sep 15, 2015, at 9:27 PM, Mercury Thirteen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Could we just give the user the option?
I could. But, Jim wants super simple. So, I guess I will have to see if he
wants it to ask or not.
But, I am really thinking purge the FDOS dir and install new config.sys and
autoexec.bat is the best course.
>
> Also, you could call the backup FDOS folder fdos.old a'la Windows and its
> windows.old directory. At least that way some folks would know what it's for
> when they see it again months down the road.
>
At present, it wraps all that stuff up into a zip file. And puts it under a dir
called FDBackup. Enumerating the zip as next avail FDBAK0.zip (or 1, 2, 3....)
Easy to change to FDOS.OLD though.
>> On 9/15/2015 8:53 PM, Jerome Shidel wrote:
>> The installer is going well and is about 50% done. But, I have two questions.
>>
>> Situation:
>> User is doing an upgrade install from FD1.1.
>>
>> FDI already prompts to backup. Then will backup config files and the c:\FDOS
>> directory.
>>
>> 1) should FDI purge the c:\fdos directory before it installs the new files.
>> Or, keep everything it doesn't overwrite?
>>
>> 2) should the installer keep the users current config files or install new
>> default ones.
>>
>> I see problems doing either of these, either way.
>>
>> The most reliable way would be to purge the c:\fdos directory and install
>> fresh config.sys and autoexec.bat files. But, that will force the user to
>> modify theirs post install. Not doing it, the system may be flakey or not
>> even boot completely.
>>
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