Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 02:36:22 -0500 (EST)
From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>
Sender: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com
To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: wish list 2.0
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I just thought of something, the config.log and autoexec.log files should
always generate on a boot.  If there were no errors in config.sys when
the machine booted then config.log could be erased.
If there were no errors in autoexec.bat then autoexec.log could
be erased.  Boots should do destructive writing of these log files.
If an error does happen or perhaps more than one error, perhaps the offending
parameter on the command line could be tagged with a caret
in front of it.
I know systems especially the faster ones boot up too fast
even for people with 20:20 vission to read the screen much of the time and this 
feature were it implemented would remove
that requirement.

On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Mar 1997 jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com wrote:
> 
> > If possible, opendos shouldn't be permitted to boot
> > up on anyone's machine without writing a config.log and autoexec.log
> > file if any errors are encountered in either config.sys or autoexec.bat
> > files.  If those files generate under error conditions
> > fixing problems and documenting problems will be much easier.
> > Probably the line number where the error happened should be 
> > put into the log files along with the error message.
> > jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>
> 
> YES!  Much like the system logs in Linux (ala syslogd and klogd).
> Those logs come in VERY HANDY when trying to pinpoint trouble.
> 
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jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>