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Re: DOS 6 Multiple Boot Configs

#527
From: robe... JAMES D ROBERSON
Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 18:45
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In article <1993May19.2...@midway.uchicago.edu>,
aj...@kimbark.uchicago.edu (adam jeremy schorr) writes:
> 
> 	Has anyone used this feature to allow for a special config for
> let's say, Falcon 3.0? Instead of using a boot disk I'd like to create a menu
> that will have my normal config and my falcon config. I seem to have done this
> but my autoexec file still gets processed which puts me in windows. Is there
> a way for me to bypass the autoexec (or parts of it) when I choose the falcon
> config option from the menu?
> 

I've been using multiple configurations  and autoexec's for network vs
non-network use.  In your autoexec.bat you should put 'goto %config%'
(leave out the quotes)_after_ any commands you want dos to run for all
configs.  Then you put labels in that match the labels you used in your
config.sys.  After each label you would put the autoexec commands for
that particular configuration with 'goto end' at the end of that group
of  commands.  At the end of the autoexec.bat put ':end'.

This is lifted from the ms-dos6 manual under the section _Modifying Your
AUTOEXEC.BAT File for Multiple configuations_.

You can also press the F8 key when the screen is showing 'Starting ms-dos'.
you will then be prompted before each line of the config.sys is loaded.

jim
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