Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!steinmetz!passaret%brahe.steinmetz@ge.com From: passaret%brahe.steinmetz@ge.com (E. MichaelMr. Mike Passaretti) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Shell command question Summary: RTFM (Sorry, but this is a perfect example) Keywords: shell msdos autoexec.bat Message-ID: <11073@steinmetz.ge.com> Date: 2 Jun 88 14:36:04 GMT References: <1102@cod.NOSC.MIL> <11878@ut-sally.UUCP> Sender: news@steinmetz.ge.com Reply-To: passaret@brahe.steinmetz.ge.com (Mike Passaretti) Organization: GE Corporate Research and Development Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!steinmetz!passaret%brahe.steinmetz@ge.com From: passaret%brahe.steinmetz@ge.com (E. MichaelMr. Mike Passaretti) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Shell command question Summary: RTFM (Sorry, but this is a perfect example) Keywords: shell msdos autoexec.bat Message-ID: <11073@steinmetz.ge.com> Date: 2 Jun 88 14:36:04 GMT References: <1102@cod.NOSC.MIL> <11878@ut-sally.UUCP> Sender: news@steinmetz.ge.com Reply-To: passaret@brahe.steinmetz.ge.com (Mike Passaretti) Lines: 27 In article <11878@ut-sally.UUCP> nather@ut-sally.UUCP (Ed Nather) writes: >In article <1102@cod.NOSC.MIL>, desmond@cod.NOSC.MIL (J. Desmond) writes: >> I've noticed that using the shell= command in the config.sys file >> inhibits execution of the autoexec file on my Zenith 248. Is this >> true of other clones? > >No. My Clone from Taiwan (Standard Brand) has no problem with that. It >sounds like a bug in the Zenith start-up software. > It's not a bug, it's a feature. Really. You have to specify that this is the (/P)ermanent version of command.com you are installing. Add a '/P' to you 'shell =' line and it will love you forever (and run autoexec for you). This is so you can spawn command.com without having to run your autoexec batch every time. - MM -- "Mr. Mike" Passaretti |"There is no god but ULTOR, and Maxwell is his prophet." | DisClaimer |ARPA: passaret%brahe.steinmetz@ge-crd.arpa DatClaimer |UUCP: {philabs, rochester, uunet}!steinmetz!crd!passaret DeOtherClaimer |WRPI: 30 years of Agressive Radio(tm) 91.5 FM, Troy, NY --