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- From: buhr@umanitoba.ca (Kevin Andrew Buhr)
- Subject: Re: where should SET name=thing go?
- In-Reply-To: calvert@QueensU.CA's message of Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:27:25 GMT
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- <1992Dec14.151847.17868@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 16:51:10 GMT
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- In article <Bz9vtp.2uz@knot.ccs.queensu.ca> calvert@QueensU.CA (John
- Calvert) writes:
- >
- > What do you mean here "specific DOS"?
-
- A VDM session: this is a feature whereby it is possible to "boot" a
- session from drive A and have it run just as if it was run on a normal
- 8088 machine. In this way, you could boot an old version of DOS, if
- you had a program that wasn't compatible with OS/2's version of DOS,
- for example. You could also run a program that required booting from
- a drive, even a program that didn't use DOS, provided that program
- didn't try to use any protected mode features.
-
- In this case, of course, the "AUTOEXEC.BAT" that is run is the one on
- the floppy disk, if any.
-
- > If CONFIG.SYS is for OS/2, and AUTOEXEC.BAT is for DOS, where is the
- > normal DOS CONFIG.SYS stuff?
- >
- > Is this all contained in the Settings, Session, DOS Settings for each
- > application? What if I want to change some config setting for all my
- > DOS appls? Do I have to edit every Settings entry?
-
- Yes, it is contained there. You'll find the "FILES" and "BUFFERS" and
- "DOS_DEVICE" settings, for example, replace their counterparts in the
- DOS CONFIG.SYS.
-
- If you'd like to change the settings for programs you create "from now
- on", you can change the settings in the program template. Then, when
- you create a new program object, it will have the new defaults. In
- the CSD, there is a "DOS/Windows Settings" icon somewhere in the
- System Setup folder. I believe some settings can be given global
- values here.
-
- > This would be a very messy way do go.
-
- Not particularly. I think its a smart idea to have separate settings
- for each program. That way, changes to one program's settings won't
- have adverse effects on another session. Under DOS, I don't think
- I've ever had application A *benefit* from a change I've made to the
- CONFIG.SYS to get application B to run. Usually, changes I make for
- application A's sake cause problems.
-
- There are exceptions, of course. "DOS=HIGH,UMB" is something I want
- for every application. Luckily, OS/2 lets me put this line in the
- OS/2 "CONFIG.SYS" where it influences all the DOS sessions, if I
- remember correctly.
-
- Kevin <buhr@ccu.UManitoba.CA>
-