Hi!
Lester Vedrox wrote:
I'm trying to customize startup files and have a few questions.
1) STACKS=9,256. STACKS=0,0 seem a bit risky
No so. When dealing many years with stacks=0,0, I found only only
AT386 refurbished machine, which hangs with this setting at loading Win3.1.
All other machines and times this statement was fine.
3) What is this: SET DIRCMD=/OGN
This sets in environment variable, which examined by DIR in
command.com as if you enter these options manually in its command line.
4) DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\FDXXMST.SYS BIOS NUMHANDLES=64
How to figure out the best value for numhandles (my pc: AMD Athlon 64, 512 MB
RAM)
You may minimize this value (also as files=), unless there no
programs, which require too much of XMS handles. I suggest, even 16-32
handles should be enough.
5) Which Shell command is better:
SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /P=C:\FDAUTO.BAT
SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:512 /P=C:\FDAUTO.BAT
Both is equal. Difference is that second command line explicitly
specifies environment size (I not remember, which size is by default) and
specifies path, which will be written in COMSPEC= variable.
Here is the complete copy of both startup files:
---FDCONFIG.SYS---
FILES=50
BREAK=ON
STACKS=9,256
SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS
LASTDRIVE=Z
BUFFERS=20,0
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DOSDATA=UMB
numlock off
break on
dos high,umb
country = ...
lastdrive z
buffers 16
stacks 0,0
files 40
fcbs 1
SET DIRCMD=/OGN
This need only if you need to customize DIR by /OGN option.
---FDAUTO.BAT---
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $P$G
SET PATH=%DOSDIR%\BIN
Short form doesn't requires "set" before "path". Also, where here is
definition for DOSDIR?
SET TEMP=%DOSDIR%\TEMP
SET TMP=%DOSDIR%\TEMP
I recommend to place TEMP directory in the root.
LH %DOSDIR%\BIN\CTMOUSE.EXE /3 /V
LH here not need (and not recommended). Also, you may omit path
mention, because it already present in SET PATH.
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