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Article #14252Re: I'll never hurt my CONFIG.SYS again!
From: DJ Delorie
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 12:30
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 12:30
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In article <1991Jun11.155023.13007@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, mfr3@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Matthew F Ringel) writes: > I was messing around with my CONFIG.SYS file such that I could run the > game WING COMMANDER with my extended memory. Unfortunately, when I > was done, and rebooted, the machine forgot that I had a D: drive. > > Yes, I kept a backup of my CONFIG.SYS file, the only problem is that > it was saved on my D: drive, so that point is kind of moot. I discovered (the *hard* way) that it's a REQUIREMENT to have a bootable floppy with enough utilities and drivers on it to completely boot and configure your system, and that it should be kept up to date. My floppy has config.sys & autoexec.bat to match the hard drive, plus diagnostics, Norton's Utilities & Disk Doctor, a set of CMOS values, symdeb, MicroEmacs, and a few other utilities. You never know. DJ dj@ctron.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!samsung!balrog!ctron.com From: dj@ctron.com (DJ Delorie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: I'll never hurt my CONFIG.SYS again! Message-ID: <1643@balrog.ctron.com> Date: 12 Jun 91 12:30:37 GMT References: <1991Jun11.155023.13007@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: news@balrog.ctron.com Reply-To: dj@ctron.com Organization: None whatsoever Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: bragi