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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 09:08:26 -0500 (New York)
From: Gary Welles <gary AT wellesway DOT com>
To: OpenDos <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: PNW (restarting server?)
Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com

Arkady V.Belousov wrote:

AB> Gary Welles wrote:

GW> In SWAPNET.BAT:
GW>      echo ldtcp=y >! c:\boot.dat
GW>      reboot
GW> In AUTOEXEC.BAT:
GW>      set /r c:\boot.dat >& nul
GW>      del /q c:\boot.dat >& nul

AB>     Be easier:
AB>
AB> echo @set ldtcp=y>c:\bootset.bat
AB> reboot
AB>
AB> if exist c:\bootset.bat call bootset.bat
AB> if exist c:\bootset.bat del bootset.bat>nul

Tks!

Arkady's suggestion of a batch file could go beyond setting
variables.

So far I've only advanced to setting multiple variables that I
would otherwise select via SWITCH in config.sys.  Here to load
the TCP/IP stack and not load DESQview/X:

  echo ldtcp=y%=r%=nlddvx=n >! c:\boot.dat
  reboot

  if exist c:\boot.dat (set /r c:\boot.dat %+ del /q c:\boot.dat)

When the echo/reboot commands are executed from my check email
batch file, it would make sense to go ahead and check the
e-mail.  Perhaps there is a way to preserve the command that
resulted in the reboot and execute it after autoexec.bat.

BTW: Loading the disk cache after the network drivers appears
to have had a good effect.

-- Gary Welles