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From: system@syzzle.chi.il.us (awol)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: 4dos problem.....(maybe)
Message-ID: <skZN31w164w@syzzle.chi.il.us>
Date: 28 May 91 15:58:51 GMT
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Organization: System Solutions - Wheaton, Il.
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smith@muvms3.bitnet (Phil smith) writes:

> I am having a problem when I attempt to load 4dos (v3.02) as my 
> command interpreter. The problem is that my environment is lost. I know
> this because I am using the commercial product BOOTCON which allows
> me to select from various configurations at boot time.  It does this
> through the use of an environment variable name bootcon. The variable
> is present during the execution of config.sys, since the appropriate
> device drivers are loaded; however when  autoexec.bat is loaded and 
> executed, the branching based on the environment variable is ignored.
> From the dos prompt, if I type 'SET' this variable is gone. 

I think you may take care of your problem by switching to 4dos v3.03. I
am not posotive about this, but I seem to remember that older versions
(than 3.03) of 3dos would, by default, swap out the master environment.
Which means that programs which don't use DOS's means to access the
environment would not find it properly. There was a switch to tell 4dos
not to swap the master environment. Version 3.03 appears to *NOT* swap
master envirnment by default. So that might work for you.

+------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|   Al Oomens (awol)     | Inside every LARGE program is     |
| awol@syzzle.chi.il.us  | a small program trying to get out.|
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