EXE that can mimick a Device Driver

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1 total messages Started by Taed Nelson Wed, 13 Jan 1993 00:28

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Author: Taed Nelson
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 00:28

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I have a need to put one of my command line programs (.EXE) inside the
  CONFIG.SYS file for some users (it must run prior to a network device
  driver).  As I discovered previously, one way of doing this is through the
  INSTALL= statement -- HOWEVER, it runs _all_ DEVICE= statements before the
  INSTALL= -- regardless of their placement within the file.

I do not want to have two versions of my program, one as an EXE for command
  line, and another SYS for the device driver mode.

I noticed that some EXE programs, such as SOFT-ICE (the debugger) and EMM386
  (the expanded memory manager) are EXE programs, but they can be installed
  via the DEVICE= statement.  How is this done?

Does anyone know how to do this or know of any source code that does it?

I will post a summary of any responses since I imagine that others would be
  interested in this bit of trickery.  Thanks!

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