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From: sjs@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: CONFIG.SYS batch language anyone?
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.102903.82@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu>
Date: 20 Mar 91 15:29:03 GMT
References: <91074.161526F0O@psuvm.psu.edu>
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In article <91074.161526F0O@psuvm.psu.edu>, F0O@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> 
>      There are times when I have drivers in my config.sys file that I need,
> and other times when I don't need those files and would like the extra
> memory.  Is there any 'batch language' for config.sys, or some means of
> telling the computer what file to use as config.sys when it boots up?
>      This way I could have different configurations in different files,
> and have the computer prompt me for which one I want to use when I boot up.
>      I'm using DOS 4.01.

Try Pc Magazine's CONFIG.CTL (from issue 11/29/88, p. 323).  Do GO
PCMAGNET on CompuServe.  It lets you change things at boot-up time. 

On the batch file side, the book _Undocumented DOS_ has a program
called DEVLOD.COM that lets you load device drivers from the command
line (like: DEVLOD C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS).  You could use this with appropriate
prompts from within the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. 


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