Hi everyone The new T2403 release prompted me to finish updating the FDAUTO.BAT file.
Quick background: This started because I was looking to prevent the CTMOUSE driver from loading .. but it was a bit hard to read the FDAUTO file. So I simplified it on my end. This should do everything the previous FDAUTO did - I just moved things around. Interestingly, I also freed up a tiny amount (160 bytes) of memory. Here's the MEM output from a fresh boot before I made changes: > Memory Type Total Used Free > ---------------- -------- -------- -------- > Conventional 639K 33K 606K > Upper 0K 0K 0K > Reserved 385K 385K 0K > Extended (XMS) 31,616K 433K 31,183K > ---------------- -------- -------- -------- > Total memory 32,640K 851K 31,789K > > Total under 1 MB 639K 33K 606K > > Total Expanded (EMS) 8,816K (9,027,584 bytes) > Free Expanded (EMS) 8,192K (8,388,608 bytes) > > Largest executable program size 605K (619,552 bytes) > FreeDOS is resident in the high memory area. And here's the MEM output from a fresh boot with the new FDAUTO file: > Memory Type Total Used Free > ---------------- -------- -------- -------- > Conventional 639K 33K 606K > Upper 0K 0K 0K > Reserved 385K 385K 0K > Extended (XMS) 31,616K 433K 31,183K > ---------------- -------- -------- -------- > Total memory 32,640K 851K 31,789K > > Total under 1 MB 639K 33K 606K > > Total Expanded (EMS) 8,816K (9,027,584 bytes) > Free Expanded (EMS) 8,192K (8,388,608 bytes) > > Largest executable program size 605K (619,712 bytes) > FreeDOS is resident in the high memory area. 160 bytes isn't much, but I thought it was interesting. :-) The original FDAUTO was 98 lines, my cleaned up FDAUTO file is 101 lines but I think it's easier to read. The general idea is to put "system" stuff at the top, and "user" stuff at the end. In summary, it sets a few env variables, then loads CPU-specific configs (for example: LFN and CDROM on 386+, ..) then loads the "supporting" BAT files if they are there. I moved the user's local settings (BLASTER, DIRCMD, aliases, ..) to the end of the file: > @ECHO OFF > REM - Updated AUTOEXEC file > > REM - set basic environment > > set DOSDRV=C: > set DOSDIR=%DOSDRV%\FREEDOS > > path %DOSDIR%\BIN > if not exist %DOSDIR%\LINKS\NUL goto NOLINKS > path %PATH%;%DOSDIR%\LINKS > :NOLINKS > > set NLSPATH=%DOSDIR%\NLS > set HELPPATH=%DOSDIR%\HELP > > set TEMP=%DOSDIR%\TEMP > set TMP=%TEMP% > > if "%CONFIG%"=="5" goto END > > set OS_NAME=FreeDOS > set OS_VERSION=T2403 > > REM - cfgfile and autofile might be deprecated in future > > set CFGFILE=%DOSDRV%\FDCONFIG.SYS > set AUTOFILE=%DOSDRV%\FDAUTO.BAT > alias cfg=edit %CFGFILE% > alias auto=edit %AUTOFILE% > > REM - detect CPU, load CPU-specific configs > > if not exist %DOSDIR%\BIN\VINFO.COM goto ENDCPU > %DOSDIR%\BIN\VINFO.COM /m > if errorlevel 3 goto CPU386 > if errorlevel 2 goto CPU286 > goto ENDCPU > > :CPU286 > > fdapm APMDOS > ctmouse > > goto ENDCPU > > :CPU386 > if "%CONFIG%"=="4" goto CPU286 > > lh fdapm APMDOS > lh ctmouse > REM lh share > > if not exist %DOSDIR%\BIN\DOSLFN.CON goto NOLFN > lh %DOSDIR%\BIN\DOSLFN.CON > REM - Add other stuff here once LFN is loaded.. > :NOLFN > > if not exist %DOSDIR%\BIN\CDROM.BAT goto NOCDROM > call %DOSDIR%\BIN\CDROM.BAT > REM - Add other stuff here once CDROM is loaded.. > :NOCDROM > > :ENDCPU > > REM - load other configs using external BAT files > > if not exist %DOSDIR%\BIN\FDNET.BAT goto NONET > call %DOSDIR%\BIN\FDNET.BAT > REM - Add other stuff here once FDNET is loaded.. > :NONET > > if not exist %DOSDIR%\BIN\FDASSIST.BAT goto NOASSIST > call %DOSDIR%\BIN\FDASSIST.BAT > :NOASSIST > > if not exist %DOSDIR%\BIN\WELCOME.BAT goto NOHELLO > call %DOSDIR%\BIN\WELCOME.BAT > :NOHELLO > > MEM /C /N > > REM - local settings > > set BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 > set DIRCMD=/O:GNE /Y > set COPYCMD=/-Y > > REM nlsfunc %DOSDIR%\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS > REM display CON=(EGA,858,2) > REM mode CON CP PREP=((858) %DOSDIR%\CPI\EGA.CPX) > REM keyb US,858,%DOSDIR%\BIN\KEYBOARD.SYS > REM chcp 858 > REM mkeyb UK > > alias reset=fdisk /reboot > alias reboot=fdapm warmboot > alias halt=fdapm poweroff > alias shutdown=fdapm poweroff > > :END Personally, I'm not a fan of cfgfile and autofile since the user could always rename FDCONFIG.SYS in favor of using CONFIG.SYS .. but FDAUTO will still report "Done processing startup files C:\FDCONFIG.SYS and C:\FDAUTO.BAT" (this is actually printed in WELCOME.BAT). So I've left a comment in the updated FDAUTO that "cfgfile and autofile might be deprecated in future". :-) Jim _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
