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- From: rick@wet.UUCP (Rick Rutledge)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
- Subject: Re: HELP: How to increase the DOS enviormental space?
- Message-ID: <4947@wet.UUCP>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 03:12:56 GMT
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- Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco
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- Zhaohui Yang writes:
-
- >Sorry if this is a FAQ. I am not a programmer or a guru. Recentely I install
- >the emtex for my PC, and there are a lot of enovirment varibles to define
- >in autoexec.bat. The computer kept sayiout of enovirment space.
- >
- >How can I increase the envoirment space? I was considering install C compiler
- >on my PC but there are more varibles to define... ;-(
-
- Among the many things documented in your DOS manual (which you wouldn't have
- if your DOS is pirated, i.e., stolen, of course), you'll find this is
- clearly documented. You need to explicitly define your operating shell,
- with a command similar to the following:
-
- SHELL=C:\Command.Com /E:1024 /P
-
- I say 'similar' because the version of DOS you have will impact the format
- of the command, as well as the number you use after the /E: parameter. Most
- versions of DOS use bytes to specify, however there was, I believe, one
- release that used 256K paragraphs. Likewise, you might very well have
- additional parameters, such as in DOS v5.0, which might look like this:
-
- SHELL = C:\DOS\Command.Com C:\DOS /E:1024 /P
-
- Good luck. And read the manual. It's a quick read, and very informative.
-
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