Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!pacbell!att!ttrdc!ttrde!pfales
From: pfales@ttrde.UUCP (Peter Fales)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: does MKS loads COMMAND.COM? (was Let's get...)
Keywords: command shell dos mks
Message-ID: <837@ttrde.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jan 89 14:59:20 GMT
References: <8831@megaron.arizona.edu> <643@sactoh0.UUCP> <8507@dasys1.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T, Skokie, IL
Lines: 19

In article <8507@dasys1.UUCP>, treed@dasys1.UUCP (Timothy Reed) writes:
> I'm sure that this one has an easy explanation...
> 
> Using /etc/init.exe or /bin/sh.exe as my SHELL leaves me with about 490
> KB RAM free; /bin/exec'ing CHKDSK reveals about 580-600 KB free 

> What gives?  Here I am thinking that command.com is totally out
> of the picture all these years.  

I would be interested in more information on this as well - I gave
up on trying to use init/login/sh when I discovered that my free space
(also measured by CHKDSK) was almost the same as when I started sh
from command.com.  Any ideas for improvement would be appreciated.

-- 
Peter Fales			AT&T, Room 2F-217
				200 Park Plaza
UUCP:	...att!ttrde!pfales	Naperville, IL 60566
Domain: pfales@ttrde.att.com	work:	(312) 416-5357