Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!gatech!prism!ce1zzes From: ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Autoexec/Config batch changer (?) Keywords: help finding Message-ID: <19208@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 5 Jan 91 22:52:12 GMT References: <1991Jan3.173437.8108@tc.fluke.COM> <1991Jan4.152751.16630@uwasa.fi> <13723@encore.Encore.COM> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 35 >In article <1991Jan3.173437.8108@tc.fluke.COM> joshua@fluke.tc.fluke.com (John) writes: >> >>I have heard of a utility that allows selection of various configurations >>of a system via different AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. > In article <1991Jan4.152751.16630@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) replies: >... You can direct your choices in the autoexec.bat by >using a batch enhancer which allows branching. It is most often >called ASK, and there are practically a countless number of them >... >Note, however, that the config.sys configuration is the more >relevant in this question, and the information I put forward here is >only marginal. > > I'm experimenting with BOOT.SYS, a program written in 1989 by Hans Salvisberg. (It's in the SIMTEL archives. PD1:BOOT11.ARC) So far, it appears to be the precise utility I've been looking for: a program that can start the computer from any of several different versions of CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, without having to reboot the computer in the modified setup. I didn't like the idea of a bunch of different CONFIG and AUTOEXEC files cluttering up my root directory or some sub-directory, since they could be easily lost, discarded, or outdated. The different configurations are selected from a menu, which can also contain nested menus. This program does not modify either the CONFIG or AUTOEXEC files, but you do have to separate the setups within each file, as menu selections. Turns the files into programs, actually. I like it. Eric -- Eric Sheppard Georgia Tech | "Of course the US Constitution isn't Atlanta, GA | perfect; but it's a lot better than what ARPA: ce1zzes@prism.gatech.edu | we have now." -Unknown uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!ce1zzes