Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ctrsol!ginosko!uunet!ssbell!mcmi!amperif!unocss!ho@fergvax.unl.edu From: ho@fergvax.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: What files MUST be in the root directory? Message-ID: <1345@unocss.UUCP> Date: 9 Aug 89 00:03:53 GMT References: <189@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@unocss.UUCP Reply-To: ho@fergvax.unl.edu Distribution: usa Lines: 24 From article <189@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu>, by pjd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Peter J. Dotzauer): > 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. Command.com can be moved under DOS 3.0; I'm not sure about 2.0, I think you're stuck with it there. To do it under 3.0+, put SHELL=[path]COMMAND.COM [path] Example: command is in your \DOS directory. Use SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS That second path is important -- that's what lets the system FIND the file for subsequent loads (via the COMSPEC variable). I don't have 2.0, but I had heard there were problems trying to implement this over there. --- ... Michael Ho, University of Nebraska