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From: lbach@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: command.com in ram drive
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Date: 18 May 88 18:13:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxh.cso.uiuc.edu!lbach    May 18 13:13:00 1988
Posted: Wed May 18 14:13:00 1988


In a recent article in PCM, they told how to do this (it was 3 issues back,
I think).  I think what you need to do is define the environment variable
COMSPEC which tells dos where to look for command.com.  For instance, if your
ram drive is C:, then in your autoexec (or is it the config.sys?) you should
have

set comspec=c:\command.com

and you must also have the copy of command.com on the ramdrive.  I think this is
right (I'm no expert, so don't flame me if it isn't).  I'll try to remember to 
look it up and if it's wrong, I'll reply.  The article was on configuring your
system, in case you want to look it up yourself.

Good luck,


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Jim Loellbach
Dept. of Aeronuatical & Astronautical Eng.
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana
lbach@uicfda.aae.uiuc.edu