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From: Bjorn DOT Simonsen AT student DOT uib DOT no
Message-Id: <199702051213.NAA01117@taxus.uib.no>
Comments: Authenticated sender is <soabs AT pop3 DOT uib DOT no>
To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 14:09:36 +0100
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Subject: [opendos] Re: messing up config.sys IFS= (was:)..Win95 w/FAT32?
Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net

On  5 Feb 97,  Dave Pearson <davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote,
Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?:

> > How many times have you had to go in and tidy up someones CONFIG.SYS
> > after they messed!  What if someone took out the IFS= line by
> > accident then rebooted?
> 
> You boot from a boot floppy, change to C: (or whatever) and fix it,
> just like with OS/2.

Or you prevent it, with DOS:
Attrib +r +h config.sys
ren attrib.exe somename.xyz
(and you rembember somename.xyz or carry attrib.exe with you)

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