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From: tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Unrecognized command in CONFIG.SYS
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.121656.13623@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 23 Apr 91 12:16:56 GMT
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In article <1991Apr21.233301.18553@src.honeywell.com>, gcary@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Greg Cary) says:
>
>Is there a way to put remarks in a config.sys file?
>I know that in a batch file you can either use "rem" or use the
>label identifier ":" as an alternative to "rem".
>
..

One thing I noticed was that placing a ':' before a device=... line also causes
the next line to be ignored. This happened when I was installing FTP on a 
system and placed a ':' rather than the usual "rem " or '*'. I think it was using
MS-Dos 3.3 but I'm not sure.

Carl Schelin
tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu