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- CONFIG.SYS
- Setup system configuration and load device drivers at boot time
- See also <SHELL> <DEVICE> <BREAK> <BUFFERS> <COUNTRY> <DRIVPARM>
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- COMMAND TYPE: System configuration VERSION: 1.0 and up
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- If a file CONFIG.SYS exists in the root directory of the disc used to
- load MSDOS, it is read by the system during the boot sequence and the
- information in it is used to customise the operating system. It is
- also used to specify DEVICE DRIVERS, which are programs used to access
- external devices on the computer. Device drivers can only be loaded
- when the system is initialised and so must be listed in CONFIG.SYS.
- IF no config.sys file is found, no device drivers are loaded and all
- of the system default values are used for the variable parameters.
-
- The possible commands used in CONFIG.SYS are listed below:
-
- <BREAK> set control-break checking
- <BUFFERS> set number of disc buffers
- <COUNTRY> set country specific defaults
- <DEVICE> load a device driver
- <DRIVPARM> define parameters for block devices
- <FCBS> specify the number of FCBs that can be open simultaneously
- <FILES> set the number of open files that can access MSDOS
- <INSTALL> execute certain MSDOS commands during CONFIG.SYS processing
- <LASTDRIVE> set the maximum number of drives you may access
- <REM> add comments to CONFIG.SYS
- <SHELL> specify file to execute on completion on boot sequence
- <STACKS> supports the dynamic use of data stacks
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