Path: utzoo!censor!geac!jtsv16!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu!hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu!pjd From: pjd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Peter J. Dotzauer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: What files MUST be in the root directory? Message-ID: <189@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Date: 6 Aug 89 15:56:16 GMT Distribution: usa Organization: Ohio State Univ IRCC Lines: 18 There seems to be some confusion about what files MUST be in the root directory. For instance, the specifications for many drivers state that one must put a line 'device=xyz.sys' into config.sys, and place the file 'xyz.sys' into the root directory. Of course, you can say 'device=c:\sys\xyz.sys' and put your file in the directory c:\sys, thereby keeping your root directory uncluttered. Obviously, the two hidden files and config.sys MUST absolutely be in the root directory, but what about command.com, if you have a comspec line in config.sys? I haven't dared to remove command.com from the root, for fear of screwing something up. -=- Peter Dotzauer: Numerical Cartography Lab, Ohio State University Phone: (614) 292-1357 voice, 292-9180 fax, 293-0081 data internet: pjd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu ([128.146.1.5] FidoNet: 1:226/120 bitnet: ts3285@ohstvma uucp: osu-cis!hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu!pjd