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MS/DOS 6.0: Interactive Startup.
When MS/DOS 6.0 startup up it tells you "Now Starting MS/DOS ..."
At this point you have several choices. Do nothing and it will
simply load as usual. But if you press {F5} or hold the Shift key
down, MS/DOS 6.0 will ignore both your CONFIG.SYS and
AUTOEXEC.BAT files and come up 'plain vanilla.' Or you may press
the [F8] key. This will let you single step through your
CONFIG.SYS file executing or not each line.
Great for debugging. No more lockups after typos, requiring you
to scrounge for you bootable DOS diskette. For the security
conscious, there are options you can place on a SWITCHES= command
in your CONFIG.SYS file to disable these startup hot keys and the
two second time delay before it starts to read CONFIG.SYS at all.
SWITCHES= /W /K /N /F
/N causes the hot keys to be ignored
/F bypasses the two second pause, resulting in immediate startup
The other two switches don't relate to immedicacy.
/W is a Windows compatibility switch. It compensaties for your
cleverness, if any, in placing WINA20.COM where Win 3.1 can't
find it.
/K is an ANSI.SYS compatibility switch.
/F bypasses the two second pause, resulting in immediate startup