Author: Harald Faber
Date: 01:58:10 02/20/00
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On February 18, 2000 at 23:23:31, Christophe Theron wrote: >On February 18, 2000 at 12:44:15, Harald Faber wrote: > >>On February 17, 2000 at 16:50:23, Rafael Vasquez wrote: >> >>This works indeed, thx! >>Now I will try to find out which lines can be left out off the autoexec and >>config..... :-) > > >I think you can do even better. No need for a floppy disk actually. > >Just create a copy of the "DOS command" shortcut to your desktop. Then edit its >properties. > >In the "Program" page of the properties, click on "Advanced parameters". > >In the "Advanced parameters" page, click on MS-DOS mode. Then on "Specify a new >configuration". You can then type whatever you want in the "CONFIG.SYS" and >"AUTOEXEC.BAT" edit boxes. > >Try first to type what you have typed in the CONFIG and AUTOEXEC of your boot >floppy. > >Then validate the properties. > >Now when you double-click the shortcut, Windows will reboot and start a pure >MS-DOS session. This session will have access to all the memory, as Windows will >actually NOT be loaded in memory. > >So without any boot floppy, you can start a pure MS-DOS session with exactly the >parameters you want. > >I want to stress out that this is not a DOS "box". This is a pure MS-DOS >session, Windows is not in memory anymore. > >To exit the MS-DOS session and restart Windows, type "exit [Enter]". If you >reboot by Ctrl-Alt-Del or by turning off your computer, the MS-DOS session is >started again, until you decide to leave it by typing "exit". > >If you edit your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files during the MS-DOS session, >your new parameters will be copied automatically to the Windows shortcut when >you restart Windows. So you can safely edit the files under MS-DOS, you will not >lose the changes. This is great. > >Once your shortcut works well, you can copy it on a floppy to install it on >another computer. Can be useful if you have 2 computers and want to starts >MChess from any of them. The shortcut has all the parameters in it (including >CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT). > >This is much more convenient (and faster) than a boot floppy disk. > > > > Christophe > Sounds fine to me, will try it, thanks again!
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