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From: dj@ctron.com (DJ Delorie)
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Subject: Re: I'll never hurt my CONFIG.SYS again!
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Date: 12 Jun 91 12:30:37 GMT
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In article <1991Jun11.155023.13007@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, mfr3@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Matthew F Ringel) writes:
> I was messing around with my CONFIG.SYS file such that I could run the
> game WING COMMANDER with my extended memory.  Unfortunately, when I
> was done, and rebooted, the machine forgot that I had a D: drive.  
>
> Yes, I kept a backup of my CONFIG.SYS file, the only problem is that
> it was saved on my D: drive, so that point is kind of moot.

I discovered (the *hard* way) that it's a REQUIREMENT to have a
bootable floppy with enough utilities and drivers on it to completely
boot and configure your system, and that it should be kept up to date.

My floppy has config.sys & autoexec.bat to match the hard drive, plus
diagnostics, Norton's Utilities & Disk Doctor, a set of CMOS values,
symdeb, MicroEmacs, and a few other utilities.  You never know.

DJ
dj@ctron.com