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From: mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael R. Volow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: command.com in RAM drive...
Message-ID: <5093@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 88 21:38:00 GMT
References: <26530@clyde.ATT.COM> <11470032@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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In article <11470032@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>, swh@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold) writes:
> 1) Edit your CONFIG.SYS to contain the line:
> 
> 	shell=c:\command.com e:\ /p  /e:62
> 	      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^  ^^^^^
> 	      =======1====== =2= =3= ==4==
> 
> 	copy c:\command.com e:\
> 	set compsec=e:\command.com
> 

However, with DOS 2.x, the above won't work unless the following
line is the last line in the autoexec.bat:

COMMAND /C COMMAND

I loadsanother copy of the comd processor.  I believe that DOS 2.x
looks for command.com in the drive from which  was last loaded.  It
is not necessary for DOS 3.x.