HELP screwed-up CONFIG.SYS now locked out @#!!!

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From: Jeff Godden
Date: Sat, 25 May 1991 20:45

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Help, STUPIDLY, while trying to increase my environment size on my 386 box 
running MSDOS 4.01 (yeah I know it's a BAD THING to run MSDOS 4.xx) I changed 
my CONFIG.SYS so that the system can't find COMMAND.COM:

"SPECIFIED COMMAND SEARCH DIRECTORY BAD"

No problem, just boot off a floppy and fix things, right? @$@!!# The system on 
the floppy is 4.00 (not 4.01!) So it can find C: but if you try anything (even 
a dir) on C:

"INVALID MEDIA TYPE"

I'm ASSUMING it's the difference between 4.00 and 4.01 that's my trouble.

Amazingly, I cannot find anyone with 4.01 to do the experiment.  The stores 
all say wait a couple of weeks and by 5.0.  Great, so I'm down for two weeks?

Anyone know how I can get back in?  clues?

Blessings upon any assistance.

Gigathanks.
godden@u.milton.washington.edu

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From: godden@milton.u.washington.edu (Jeff Godden)
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Subject: HELP screwed-up CONFIG.SYS now locked out @#!!!
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Date: 25 May 91 20:45:49 GMT
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