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From: nather@ut-emx.UUCP (Ed Nather)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: What files MUST be in the root directory?
Message-ID: <16741@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 89 16:07:55 GMT
References: <189@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu>
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In article <189@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu>, pjd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Peter J. Dotzauer) writes:
> 
> 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.

I keep command.com in a directory I call "systm", and have the following
line in my config.sys file:

shell=c:\systm\command.com  c:\systm /P /E:32

which tells the MS-DOS startup routines where to find command.com on
boot-up (the first entry), where to find it for reloading, if need be
(the second entry), makes this permanent (the /P) and sets aside
32 paragraphs of environment space (I'm using DOS 3.1.  For DOS 3.3
you would use E:512 to set aside 512 bytes, the same as 32 paragraphs.
This change is brought to you by the Upward Compatibility Group at
Microsoft, at no extra charge whatsoever.).
-- 
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin