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[Ian Scott <mriscott AT yahoo.co.uk>]

> 
> I went looking for ltools yesterday, wanting to investigate a bit further.
> I found the latest version (6.6) at the author's site and downloaded it.
> On unzipping the 2+MB file though, I was horrified to see all manner of
> gif files, html files, java files - and who knows what else not directly
> related to accessing Linux from DOS - being inflated.  It seems this
> latest version - and perhaps several generations of its predecessors - are
> geared to running, not on DOS in the BL sense ("real DOS" as Steven called
> it), but under Windows.  The one I got specifically talked about using it
> under XP and 2K.  This leaves me looking for a real DOS version of ltools.
> Can anyone point me to one?  Has anyone here used ltools before?  Could I
> maybe just delete a whole lot of this crap that I unzipped, leaving only
> some key DOS executables and get the functionality I want from 6.6?
> Maybe I should write the author and ask him . . .
> 
> Input on this appreciated
> 
> James
> 

I looked at ltools several years ago.

I seem to remember there were a load of docs and java graphical bits, but
underneath it all there were some commandline dos tools.

I'd experiment a bit - keep the zip file so you can restore if you need to,
and boot to real dos and try the .exe/.com files.  Then delete everything
else and try again.

I have a vague feeling I found there were a handful of .exes that I needed,
and I just copied them into a directory in my PATH and blatted everything
else.

IIRC they were stuff like ldir (dir on linux fs), lcopy, etc - analogous to
the mtools package for DOS floppy access under linux.

Also, tell us how you get on.  I seem to remember it being a bit wobbly
when I used it - it gave too many errors for my liking, so I started to
fear for my linux filesystem.  Mind you, that was about 5 years ago, so it
may well have improved since then.

By the way, I seem to remember that it only lets you copy from/to linux - it's
not like mounting a DOS partition under linux where you can edit in place,
etc.

Let us know how you get on,

Ian