CONFIG.SYS is the primary configuration file for the DOS and OS/2 operating systems. It is a special ASCII text file that contains user-accessible setup...
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Windows 9x. CONFIG.SYS is a text file that contains various configuration options and specifies what device drivers will be loaded. COUNTRY.SYS is a binary...
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Configuration file (redirect from Config file)
of MS-DOS. An example CONFIG.SYS: DOS=HIGH,UMB DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS FILES=30 SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND...
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in CONFIG.SYS. In DR DOS 5.0 (1990) and 6.0 (1991), the driver is named HIDOS.SYS rather than HIMEM.SYS, like the corresponding DCONFIG.SYS or CONFIG.SYS...
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Windows Me ignores this. If the CONFIG.SYS file does not exist, the IO.SYS file loads the drivers IFSHLP.SYS, HIMEM.SYS and SETVER.EXE. Windows reserves...
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Environment variable (redirect from %CONFIG%)
time. This can be emulated under DR-DOS by utilizing the CONFIG.SYS directive SET like SET CONFIG=1. %CMDLINE% (introduced with 4DOS, also supported since...
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in CONFIG.SYS, and programs were loaded in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Some devices, such as mice, could be loaded either as a device driver in CONFIG.SYS, or...
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List of DOS commands (redirect from KEYBOARD.SYS)
versions 3.1 and later and IBM PC DOS releases 3 and later. Used in the CONFIG.SYS file to set the maximum number of drives that can be accessed. The command...
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available. Processes the MSDOS.SYS file with Windows 9x. Processes the CONFIG.SYS file, in MS-DOS 2.0 and higher and Windows 9x. Loads COMMAND.COM (or other...
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let the hook run. A 16-bit driver called IFSMGR.SYS would previously have been loaded by CONFIG.SYS, the job of which was to hook MS-DOS first before...
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SmartDrive (redirect from SMARTDRV.SYS)
Early versions of SmartDrive were loaded through a CONFIG.SYS device driver named SMARTDRV.SYS. Versions 4.0 and later were loaded through an executable...
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NANSI.SYS and ANSIPLUS.EXE to attempt to change this.[independent source needed] To use ANSI.SYS under DOS, a line is added to the CONFIG.SYS (or CONFIG.NT...
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Installable File System (redirect from IFSHLP.SYS)
code itself is required and it is loaded via an "IFS=" statement in the CONFIG.SYS file. It is a NE 16-bit dynamically loaded library. No matter if it is...
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The magic SysRq key is a key combination understood by the Linux kernel, which allows the user to perform various low-level commands regardless of the...
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loaded in CONFIG.SYS via DEVICE statements, e.g. RAM disks. Assign subsequent drive letters to any dynamically loaded drives via CONFIG.SYS INSTALL statements...
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files, CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, is bypassed at startup and essential real mode drivers like HIMEM.SYS and SMARTDRV.EXE are embedded into IO.SYS. The...
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loading of an appropriate CD-ROM device driver (example: OAKCDROM.SYS), usually from CONFIG.SYS. The final version of the MSCDEX program was 2.25,[citation...
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long as Scroll Lock remains activated. DR-DOS 7.02 and higher provides a CONFIG.SYS directive named SCROLLOCK=ON|OFF to change the Scroll Lock status on the...
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the default shell (usually COMMAND.COM) to execute commands at startup. CONFIG.SYS: This contains statements to configure DOS and load device drivers. Standard...
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Klangstabil feat. S.alt, Somatic Responses, Hypnoskull, Winterkälte, Config.Sys, Tarmvred, Roger Rotor, Deutsch Nepal, Placid, Panacea vs. Needle Sharing...
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Fat binary (section Combined COM and SYS files)
file type. For example, COUNTRY.SYS is not a DOS device driver, but a binary NLS database file for use with the CONFIG.SYS COUNTRY directive and the NLSFUNC...
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illusion of frozen, or slowly progressing, time in motion video TIMESLICE, a CONFIG.SYS configuration directive in OS/2 A Slice at a Time, science fiction story...
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to: install (Unix), a command line tool for installing files INSTALL, a CONFIG.SYS directive Installation (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
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IBMBIO.COM (redirect from DRBIOS.SYS)
or security), displays boot menus, processes configuration files (like CONFIG.SYS) and launches the shell (like COMMAND.COM). The file is part of IBM's...
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Configuration (redirect from Config)
in Unix), the output of Autotools; used to detect system configuration CONFIG.SYS, the primary configuration file for DOS and OS/2 operating systems Configuration...
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Windows and OS/2 systems IBMBIO.COM IO.SYS — starts the command processor as the first process SHELL (CONFIG.SYS directive) — to override default command...
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codes at least in CONFIG.SYS. With 4DOS and DR-DOS COMMAND.COM, exit codes (in batchjobs) can be set by EXIT n and (in CONFIG.SYS) through ERROR=n. Exit...
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to allow other operations to occur. The BUFFERS command/statement in CONFIG.SYS of DOS. The buffer between a serial port (UART) and a modem. The COM port...
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