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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
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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
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