Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 11:44:21 -0700 (MST)
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To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
From: raster AT highfiber DOT com (Charles Dye)
Subject: Re:  saving msdos as backup
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Robert Sears <bobbitchin AT hempseed DOT com> writes:

>But when the system boots how will it decide what boot files to load? From
>what I understand dos boots in this order
>
>After bois boots and reads MBR
>
>1. load io.sys
>2. load msdos.sys
>3. load command.com
>4. load config.sys (if present)
>5. run autoexec.bat (if present)

Close.  The DOS configuration file (CONFIG.SYS or DCONFIG.SYS or, I think,
ODCONFIG.SYS) comes before the command shell.  After all, DOS needs to read
it to know where to find the command shell.

>So I dont understand how the command.com thing would even be an issue unless
>you were using some kind of a boot loader in the MBR to tell the system what
>boot files to use in the first place.

That's right.  And note that OpenDOS comes with just such a loader.  After
all, the best backup is one you can get to quickly and easily, whenever you
need it.

raster AT highfiber DOT com