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From: "David May" <dmay AT tvi DOT cc DOT nm DOT us>
Organization: Albuquerque T-VI
To: bas AT merlin DOT ebicom DOT net
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 15:21:20 -0700
Subject: Re: Enviorment problems
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Message-ID: <A842397B37@tvi_mail.tvi.cc.nm.us>

> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
> DOS=HIGH,UMB
> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE I=B000-B7FF
> FILES=30
> BUFFERS=20
> STACKS=0,0
> FCBS=1
> DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\MOUSE.SYS
> DEVICEHIGH=C:\PBTOOLS\CR_ATAPI.SYS /D:MSCD0001             

In your config.sys, put this:
  shell=c:\command.com /p /e:2048

The /p tells the system to make this shell a permanent one (exit 
doesn't return) and /e tells it to extend the available environment 
space.  The default without this statement is 128, 256 K (I don't 
remember which?) which is pretty low.

> Thanks a bunch

You're welcome a bunch  :-)

Good luck! 
David May, ID Card Administrator
Albuquerque TVI

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