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- The order of lines is generally, but not always, as follows.
- BREAK=ON not required, but recommended.
- LASTDRIVE=x unless your network software (NOVELL, for example)
- says not to. The location is usually not important.
- FILES=nn 20 is a reasonable number. The location is usually not
- important.
- DRIVPARM lines if available on your system. [Actually, most DOS 3.3
- and later systems have it, though some don't document
- it. To use it on those systems, try putting a Ctrl-A
- character between the DRIVPARM= and the first option.]
- DEVICE= lines for any extended (like HIMEM) or expanded (like EMM)
- memory drivers to be installed. If using both, the
- extended driver line should probably be first.
- STACKS= not required. Should follow any DEVICE= memory drivers.
- BUFFERS=nn nn=20 or so, unless you install cache disk software
- (SMARTDRIV, for example) which wants a lower number.
- DEVICE=ANSI.SYS not required, but recommended. Should preceed any
- DEVICE=DISPLAY.SYS lines.
- DEVICE= lines for all physical devices should go before any RAM disk
- (VDISK or RAMDISK) or cache disk (SMARTDRIV) lines.
- SHELL= not required, but recommended to increase the size of
- the DOS environment space. Should follow all DEVICE=
- lines.
- COUNTRY if required, must be before INSTALL=NLSFUNC.
- INSTALL= lines near the end, after all DEVICE= lines.
- INSTALL=SHARE required, when you have a disk partition ≥ 32 Mbytes
- (32 million characters).