X-Originating-IP: [130.125.13.32] From: "Gautier de Montmollin" To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: Dcoumentation for DR-DOS? Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 08:44:56 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Sep 2000 08:44:56.0514 (UTC) FILETIME=[E79AE220:01C013F0] Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com > I have downloaded DR-DOS 7.02 but have never installed it (yet). >However, unless I missed it, I have not seen any actual documentation >on DR-DOS. For example, there seem to be sample configuration files >drdos.ini, setup.ini, and taskmgr.ini, but I have no information on >what goes in them in a real installation. Also, I don't have any >information on how actually to use the multitasking feature. Is there >some documentation for DR-DOS that I have somehow missed? Try "help emm386" and "help taskmgr" commands. Basically, it suffices to have a "DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE MULTI=ON" in config.sys and start the task manager when you want to enter the multi mode (taskmgr). E.g. you can put it in autoexec.bat BTW, the "setup" program does it in a "friendly" way. You can choose the keys for switching, like Ctrl-Alt-[+,-,ins,del] Online doc @ http://www.thur.de/org/schulen/igs/USEFULL/OPENDOS/ HTH ______________________________________________________ Gautier -- http://members.xoom.com/gdemont/gsoft.htm _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.