Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/01/26/09:48:42
At 04:23 PM 1/26/99 +0200, you wrote:
>I think a better way is to leave BootGUI at its non-zero setting, but
>introduce non-zero BootMulti and BootMenu entries. This causes Windows
>to present a menu at startup for a few seconds, and you then can choose
>whether to boot into plain DOS or into Windows.
Can I change from "a few seconds" to wait until I select?
>The reason I think this is better is because booting Windows usually
>requires using a separate configuration section in CONFIG.SYS and
>AUTOEXEC.BAT anyway, so exiting Windows to DOS prompt leaves you with
>the wrong system configuration.
>
>For example, the DOS configuration might need MSCDEX, SmartDrv, and other
>device drivers and TSRs which are not required when Windows is launched.
>
>> Do you see any reason why an ordinary user (as opposed to a programming
>> fanatic) would object to this way of getting into W95. Is there any
>> side-effect you have not mentioned?
>
>The BootGUI=0 way also runs some risk of losing files if the user
>switches the machine at a wrong moment.
Yes, I see your point. And also this configuration would not be such a
drastic change from what my daughter now has. I am going to be
VERY CAREFUL and try out both approaches making sure my
DOS configuration in no way messes up the WIN95 operation.
And put together a good configuration.
I appreciate your help. I am getting a much better understanding of how
to work with DOS on a WIN95 machine. I will still keep my old 486DX2
66MHz 810MB WIN 3.11 machine which works very well for DJGPP as it is.
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