Article ID: 114944
Article Last Modified on 6/13/2001
CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE FILES=60 BUFFERS=30 DOS=HIGH,UMB SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\ /P /E:1024 AUTOEXEC.BAT: SET TEMP = C:\TEMP PROMPT $P$G PATH = C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS LH C:\DOS\DOSKEY WIN
[Menu] menuitem=default, default configuration menuitem=Soundblastercompat,Sound Blaster Compatibility [SoundBlastercompat] DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\SNDSYS\EMM386.EXE 512 RAM DEVICE=C:\SNDSYS\WSSXLAT.EXE SBIO=220 IRQ=7 DMA=1 WAVE=7 LINEIN=7 DOS=HIGH,UMB BUFFERS=20 FILES=30 [Default] DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE FILES=60 BUFFERS=30 DOS=HIGH,UMB SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\ /P /E:1024To make more memory available and keep Windows from automatically loading when you select the Sound Blaster compatibility selection (assuming you have the WIN command at the end of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file), you can make changes to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file so that only specific files are loaded depending on the option selected from the startup menu.
goto %config% :SoundBlasterCompat rem lines in this section are only available in Sound Blaster Mode. goto end :Default SET TEMP = C:\TEMP PROMPT $P$G PATH = C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS LH C:\DOS\DOSKEY WIN :goto end :endThe above AUTOEXEC.BAT file provides only a small sample of what you can do using Microsoft MS-DOS version 6.0 or later. For complete instructions about how to alter your system files for multiple configurations, refer to page 105 of the Microsoft DOS 6.0 "User's Guide."
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