Problems with COMMAND.COM

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From: David F. Skoll
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 1991 18:44

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I have a bizarre problem with DOS 3.20 on an XT-clone.  (Yes,
I know my DOS is old, but...)

In my CONFIG.SYS file, I have the line:

	SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:1024 /P

Isn't that supposed to reserve 1K for environment?

Anyway, when DOS boots and COMMAND.COM reads my AUTOEXEC.BAT
file, I get a couple of "Out of Environment Space" messages and
some of my environment variables are not set.

If I then type "AUTOEXEC" at the DOS prompt, the file is executed
with no error messages, and all of my environment variables are
set correctly.

Does anyone have any idea what's happening?

--
David F. Skoll

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From: dfs@doe.carleton.ca (David F. Skoll)
Subject: Problems with COMMAND.COM
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Organization: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Date: 11 Feb 91 18:44:35 GMT