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- From: dpn2@po.CWRU.Edu (Damien P. Neil)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: Environment size hack in DOS 5?
- Summary: Don't tell me about SHELL= in CONFIG.SYS!
- Message-ID: <dpn2.89.721628628@po.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 04:23:48 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.234502.22273@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University
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- In article <1992Nov12.234502.22273@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (George Jetson) writes:
- <Raising the environment size>
- >
- >I have spent fruitless hours perusing the DOS 5 COMMAND.COM, and have
- >not been able to solve this problem. (I did it originally on a version
- >of DOS 3.3, long ago, in a couple of hours, so I know it should not be
- >that hard). I have also spent time on DR DOS 6.0, with the same dismal
- >results. I have also perused the usual gang of archive sites, and have
- >not found anything. So, my question to the net is, "Does anyone know
- >the magic patch locations for DOS 5.0?"
-
- I know nothing about MS DOS, but in DR DOS 6.0 it is quite possible to
- change the environment size. Simply edit the line in the CONFIG.SYS that
- reads "SHELL=COMMAND.COM" and add a "/E:xxx" to it, where xxx is the desired
- environment size.
-
- Much easier and safer than hacking the COMMAND.COM! :-)
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- | Damien Neil | dpn2@po.cwru.edu | Case Western Reserve University |
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