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From: gcook@cps3xx.UUCP (Greg Cook)
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Subject: MS-DOS 4.01 and config.sys - HELP!
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Date: 16 Jun 89 17:30:27 GMT
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Once again I come seeking net wisdom.  I am running ms-dos 4.01 on an AT clone with a 40 M hard drive partitioned for the full 40 meg.  In my config.sys file I have the following line:

     shell =c:\dos\command.com /p /e:800

which replaces command.com with a copy of itself to increase the environment space to 800 bytes.  The problem is when I have this line in config.sys ACAD will not run.  I get disk read errors and disk full errors.

It will run if I remove this line but then I get a warning when I boot up:

     WARNIGN! SHARE should be loaded for large media.

If I leave out the shell command and use install=c:\dos\share.exe then I get the same problems with ACAD.

So my questions are:

1.  Am I correct in assuming that the SHELL command automatically installs SHARE?

2.  Do I have to have SHARE installed since my HD is partitioned greater than 32 Meg?

3.  Besides increasing the environment space, what is the purpose for the SHELL command (using command.com and not some other command processor)?

4.  Is there any way I can keep the SHELL command and still run ACAD?

Thanks for the advice!

Greg Cook
gcook@horus.cem.msu.edu        cook@frith.egr.msu.edu