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- From: west@esd.dl.nec.com (Mike West)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: DRDOS: Lost command.com on stacked c: drive
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.164947.15499@esd.dl.nec.com>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 16:49:47 GMT
- References: <1992Aug30.200405.23933@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Organization: NEC America, Engineering & Support
- Lines: 38
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- From article <1992Aug30.200405.23933@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, by crow@coos.dartmouth.edu (Preston F. Crow):
- > In <1992Aug30.180201.6459@dragon.acadiau.ca> 890025d@dragon.acadiau.ca (Andy DeWolfe) writes:
- >
- >>Hi netters,
- >> I am in big trouble. I accidentaly (sp) copied over
- >>my command.com on my c: drive. I am using DRDOS 6.0 and SSTOR.
- >>[...]
- >
- > You will have to boot from floppy and edit your (d)config.sys file on
- > drive C:. You need a line like, "SHELL=D:\COMMAND.COM /P." That should
- > tell it to load command.com from logical drive D: after the config.sys is
- > done being processed. If that doesn't work, copy the sstor driver to
- > a bootable floppy and a device= line on the floppy's config.sys. Now
- > you should be able to read your hard drive (though the drives won't be
- > swapped). Simply copy command.com to what is normally drive C: and
- > you won't have any more problems.
- >
- > Personally, I would recommend putting command.com in the root directory of
- > drive C: (logical drive C:, that is) even if you don't think you need it.
- > You never know when some program will assume that it's there and crash when
- > you least expect it to.
-
- Actually, I would suggest that if you are going to SSTOR you boot drive
- you should reserve about 1 MB of space. Then put your AUTOEXEC.BAT,
- CONFIG.SYS, COMMAND.COM and SSTOR driver in that space and delete
- the DEVSWAP.COM from the config file. This will give you a small
- C: drive with all of you boot stuff on it and a large SSTOR D: drive.
- Now you are always guaranteed to boot up even if the SSTOR
- partition is screwed. You might also want to put other "system
- essentials" onto the C: drive to guarantee their availability.
-
- Personally, I really don't see why anyone would want to bother with
- the DEVSWAP with the boot drive since you have to reserve some
- space anyway and 1MB is not going to cost very much. Plus you
- don't have to worry about the DEVSWAP driver sucking up memory.
-
- Mike West
- west@esd.dl.nec.com
-