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- REBOOT 1.3
- guy gallo
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- 2/11/88
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- REBOOT was written and compiled with Turbo Pascal 4.0.
-
- LOGIC:
- REBOOT looks into a specfied directory (C:\CONFIGS) for any files of the
- form "FILENAME.", that is, file without any extension at all. It assumes
- that these files are alternative config.sys files.
-
- When one of these extensionless filenames is passed to REBOOT, either
- on the command line, or by being chosen by the user from a list, REBOOT
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- 1) backs up the current config.sys file,
- 2) copies <filename> to the root directory as CONFIG.SYS, and
- 3) performs a warm boot of the machine.
-
-
- INSTALLING REBOOT:
-
- Create a directory named C:\CONFIGS.
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- In C:\CONFIGS, create any alternative config.sys files you might desire, and
- store them under descriptive filenames (without extensions).
-
- e.g. : noram, noansi, ansi
-
- You can also have a matching autoexec.bat file copied if you wish. To do
- this create the approriate batch file and store under the same filename, but
- with the extension "bat".
-
- e.g : noansi.bat
- (would match the config file "Noansi")
-
-
- RUNNING REBOOT:
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- Typing REBOOT <cr> will list the current config.sys alternatives
-
- Typing REBOOT Fname <cr> will copy the file(s) Fname (and Fname.bat, if it
- exists) to the root directory and perform a warm reboot.
-
- e.g. (using the examples above)
-
- REBOOT noram <CR>
- will copy the file c:\configs\noram to c:\config.sys
-
- REBOOT noansi <CR>
- will copy the file c:\configs\noansi to c:\config.sys and
- c:\configs\noansi.bat to c:\autoexec.bat
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- REBOOT <CR>
- will present a menu of current possibilities.
-
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- BACKUP CONFIG FILES:
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- REBOOT provides the following enhancement over other reboot/reconfigure
- programs. When you copy a new config.sys file to the root directory,
- the currently active config.sys is saved, in the \configs directory, under
- the filename BETA.
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- Similarly, if you wish to reconfigure with a matching pair, that is with
- a config file that has a matching batch file, the currently active boot
- files (both config.sys and autoexec.bat) will be backed up to the filename
- ALPHA.
-
- Thereafter, entering the command
-
- REBOOT beta (if only the config.sys file was changed)
- or
- REBOOT alpha (if both the config.sys and autoexec.bat files were changed)
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- will restore the previously active boot files.
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- History:
- version 1.0 release 10/22/87
- version 1.3 release 2/11/88 - added the /b option to reboot machine
- without changing anything
- added a hard-coded read to the C:\CONFIGS directory in order to
- allow rebooting from any logical drive.
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- Comments:
- Comments can be addressed to Guy Gallo at the following bulletin boards
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- The Invention Factory
- PCSI
- DannySoft dBBS
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