Hello, I knew it'd be appreciated, to start dos from the harddisk (but I really sent this solution two years ago, too). Yet I can't figure a couple of things about this backward compatibility feature: If you press f8 during startup (also with the menu-containing config.sys) and choose option 5: individual control of each command, you'll find the last command to be "WIN". Apparantly windows auto-adds this one, and that's the only reason why a simple "shell=c:\windows\command.com /e:512 /p" won't do the job. The "lh %comspec%" line in autoexec.bat is a workaround, but I'm not sure wether it's really optimal. Then there's a little problem with drivespace: it's 110kB, and I really need it on this system, with 2x270 mB drives. I compressed one for software, and keep one free for backups and compressed files. (so I have trouble combining it with the cdrom drivers and the mouse (let alone a virusscanner). Possibly windows won't really start right, when you just type "exit" on the command.prompt, and "lh %comspec% /p" results in a loop unless a /k: option is added to replace autoexec.bat by another *.bat (may also be a way to prevent autoadding "win" command; keep trying, and see "command /?" for help). So I improved my configuration in a couple of ways: 1. I put up a third option for arachne, so I can use the cdrom in the dos option (arachne is the only program that needs as much conventional memory) 2. There are loops in the arachne- and dos options, reminding to reboot before starting windows (type "exit" to activate). 3. The arachne option goes directly to call arachne.bat so no "extra" command.com is loaded. (The screen echo's are still in dutch) Anyway: It'd be worth trying these tricks without drivespace and in win98 and 00, just to see. (The lines used are all msdos 6.x compatible, although I'm not sure wether dos6 would actually load a command.com into hma) (And then to think I can still only use my e-tech 56k in a dos-box...) New files re-attached:
[menu] menuitem=arc,arachne menuitem=dos,DOS 7.10 menuitem=win,Windows 95 menudefault=win,1 [arc] device=c:\windows\himem.sys device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems files=50 buffers=50 dos=high,umb [dos] device=c:\windows\himem.sys device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems DEVICEhigh=C:\ECS\ECSCDIDE.SYS /D:ECSCD003 files=50 buffers=50 dos=high,umb rem shell=c:\windows\command.com /p /e:515 [win] device=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,,1) Country=031,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sys [common] DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DRVSPACE.SYS /MOVE
@echo off goto %config% end :dos path=c:\batz;c:\windows\command;c:\arachne lh doskey smartdrv lh c:\windows\mouse\mouse lh C:\ecs\MSCDEX /V /D:ECSCD003 /M:10 :repd cls echo +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ echo + Deze modus is min of meer optimaal voor de meeste dos programma's. + echo + Voor Arachne is er echter te weinig conventioneel geheugen. + echo + Om in windows of arachne te werken: + echo + druk ctrl+alt+del om de computer te herstarten en kies de + echo + juiste optie in het opstartmenu. [EMAIL PROTECTED] + echo +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ prompt $d $t$_$p$g lh %comspec% goto repd :arc path=c:\batz;c:\windows\command;c:\arachne lh doskey smartdrv lh c:\windows\mouse\mouse prompt $d $t$_$p$g :repa c: cd \arachne call arachne.bat cls echo +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ echo + Deze modus is min of meer optimaal voor de meeste dos programma's. + echo + Om conventioneel geheugen te sparen, is echter de CDrom niet + echo + beschikbaar. + echo + Om verder te werken in Arachne: type EXIT; voor windows of DOS met + echo + CDrom: druk ctrl+alt+del om de computer te herstarten en kies de + echo + juiste optie in het opstartmenu. [EMAIL PROTECTED] + echo +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ lh %comspec% goto repa :win mode con codepage prepare=((850) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi) mode con codepage select=850 :end
