Message-ID: <3558b8ff.flying-brick@flying-brick.caverock.net.nz>
From: Eric Gillespie <viking AT flying-brick DOT caverock DOT co DOT nz>
To: "Ravier, Pierre-Philippe" <Pierre-Philippe DOT Ravier AT dresdner-bank DOT de>,
        opendos AT delorie DOT com
Date:          Wed, 13 May 1998 10:02:53 NZT-12DST
Subject:       Re: Multi-Config in Config.sys
Precedence: bulk

Captains Log, Stardate 12 May 98 9:13, Ravier, Pierre-Philippe:

: Hello,
: 
: In Caldera Open-Dos 7.02, is there a way to do a multi-config config.sys and
: autoexec.bat like MS-DOS 6 and higher can do ? I know that the OpenDos can't
: use the [MENUITEM] and [MENU] commands of the config.sys (commands that are
: been introduced with the MS-DOS 6). But maybe there is a way to have a
: similar possibility by using DR-Dos specific commands.
: The problem is that I am new to Open-Dos. Could you help me, please ?
I believe (from my experiences with 7.01 that there is a command called 
chain, it gets used to literally switch to another config.sys file and 
execute the commands in the same manner - you then run the autoexec as 
normal. I'll include my config.sys for y'all to peruse...

rem TIMEOUT = 5   ** this line sets time in seconds before system
rem               ** chooses a default option for you - good for
rem               ** automated systems
echo Hercules = 1
echo VGA      = 2
echo Windows  = 3
echo Plain    = 4
SWITCH Herc, VGA, Windows, Plain
rem *** the above line controls where in the config to jump to...
rem Opendos lines...these are lines common to all configurations
rem these lines are executed after the _return_ statement in each subconfig
DEVICE=C:\OPENDOS\DPMS.EXE
?devicehigh=e:\dd260.sys /I:15 /V /P:0340 /D:MSCD001
?"Swap Capslock/Ctrl? y/N: "installhigh=f:\usr\bin\rbkeyswp.com
SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:2048 /P
HISTORY=ON,1024,ON
COUNTRY=61,,C:\OPENDOS\COUNTRY.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICEHIGH=C:\OPENDOS\ANSI.SYS
STACKS=9,256
exit
:Herc
DEVICE=C:\OPENDOS\EMM386.EXE DPMI=OFF FRAME=NONE /V /R=AUTO /AUTO /MULTI
return
:Windows
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE FRAME=NONE /NOEMS
return
:VGA
DEVICE=C:\OPENDOS\EMM386.EXE DPMI=OFF FRAME=NONE /ROM=AUTO /MULTI
return
:Plain
chain c:\config2.sys
rem ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this line here defines another file (config.sys-wise)
rem to jump to and keep configuring.

Hope this helps...


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