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Article #3638Re: Environment size hack in DOS 5?
From: Damien P. Neil
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 04:23
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 04:23
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In article <1992Nov12.234502.22273@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (George Jetson) writes: <Raising the environment size> > >I have spent fruitless hours perusing the DOS 5 COMMAND.COM, and have >not been able to solve this problem. (I did it originally on a version >of DOS 3.3, long ago, in a couple of hours, so I know it should not be >that hard). I have also spent time on DR DOS 6.0, with the same dismal >results. I have also perused the usual gang of archive sites, and have >not found anything. So, my question to the net is, "Does anyone know >the magic patch locations for DOS 5.0?" I know nothing about MS DOS, but in DR DOS 6.0 it is quite possible to change the environment size. Simply edit the line in the CONFIG.SYS that reads "SHELL=COMMAND.COM" and add a "/E:xxx" to it, where xxx is the desired environment size. Much easier and safer than hacking the COMMAND.COM! :-) +-------------+------------------+---------------------------------+ | Damien Neil | dpn2@po.cwru.edu | Case Western Reserve University | +-------------+------------------+---------------------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!know!mips2!news.bbn.com!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!b63519.STUDENT.CWRU.Edu!dpn2 From: dpn2@po.CWRU.Edu (Damien P. Neil) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Environment size hack in DOS 5? Summary: Don't tell me about SHELL= in CONFIG.SYS! Message-ID: <dpn2.89.721628628@po.CWRU.Edu> Date: 13 Nov 92 04:23:48 GMT References: <1992Nov12.234502.22273@midway.uchicago.edu> Organization: Case Western Reserve University Lines: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: b63519.student.cwru.edu