If nothing else, boot to a floppy with CD support, put the files
 on the CD.

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 S> Not worth the extra hassles in doing updates. I frequently 
 S> have to do a quick update of F-prot (just in case) and then 
 S> copy the files to the floppies just before going out the 
 S> door. The bit of extra time reading in the defs and swapping 
 S> floppies is negligible compared with all the zipping and 
 S> unzipping, etc. 

 S> Besides, it can take hours to check a large drive on a slower
 S> machine. So the floppy time isn't significant.

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