From:	"Maan M. Hamze" <mmhamze AT pleiades DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Problems....
Date:	28 Apr 1997 18:07:29 GMT
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George Foot <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk> wrote in article
<5k2mi7$de5 AT news DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>...
> Maan M. Hamze (mmhamze AT pleiades DOT net) wrote:
> 
> : DOSSTART.BAT is NOT executed when you start DOS boxes in win95.
> 
> Sorry if what I said isn't true in general, but it is on my computer. I
> deleted the file to stop it doing it. 

no problem!  but this is very strange.  I know for a fact that dosstart.bat
does not run as long as you are in win95 even when you start a dos app from
within win95.  with win95, drivers needed by dos apps are bound to win95
drivers not to dos drivers.
for example:  no need to include the mouse driver or the JAZ driver or the
sound drivers in config.sys or autoexec.bat if you are booting into win95
and as long as the win95 drivers are installed (control
panel.....system)...........
> 
> : DOSSTART.BAT is executed when you shutdown win95 into MS DOS Mode.
> 
> ... and loads TSRs like SmartDrive, meaning you can't exit into Windows
> again without rebooting...

........exactly, when you shutdown into MS-DOS mode the needed drivers by
dos apps are loaded through ctload (for sys programs) and SET statements
and the path to any needed exe.  That is in addition to any thing loaded at
the start by autoexec.bat and config.sys.
Maan
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Maan M. Hamze
The Pleiades Network
mmhamze AT pleiades DOT net
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