I consider a rip in general to be a full install of the game directory. A true "archivable" piece would be some sort of image of the install media.
What was this on, a CD? I have original 2.05 install diskettes, and even a few extra original manuals and they only mention shareware demos for some music creation/recording software and for Mr Drumstix for Windows 3.
If you have earlier actual install diskettes I'd like to know about it because I'm missing some stuff and it appears everyone has tossed those disks long ago after Gravis sent out the update envelopes for those who requested it via their BBS (which I do have some of those envelopes!). From what I understand, the original version had multiple issues and many people complained long distance to their BBS.