Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!pyramid!infmx!aland From: aland@infmx.UUCP (Dr. Scump) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: What files MUST be in the root directory? Summary: how many parms for SHELL ? Message-ID: <2120@infmx.UUCP> Date: 16 Aug 89 00:17:42 GMT References: <189@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <16741@ut-emx.UUCP> Reply-To: aland@infmx.UUCP (alan denney) Distribution: usa Organization: INFORMIX Professional Services ("Peace thru Normalization") Lines: 26 In article <16741@ut-emx.UUCP> nather@ut-emx.UUCP (Ed Nather) writes: |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 Where is that second parameter (c:\systm) documented? It sure isn't in the PC-DOS 3.3 manual (see pp. 4-42) does it apply to earlier versions of DOS only? Is it undocumented? Is it necessary? -- Alan S. Denney @ Informix Software, Inc. {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland "I want to live! -------------------------------------------- as an honest man, Disclaimer: These opinions are mine alone. to get all I deserve If I am caught or killed, the secretary and to give all I can." will disavow any knowledge of my actions. - S. Vega