config.sys menu

[Jerry Feldman]

In config.sys, here is a short example:
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[menu]
Menuitem=linux,Load Linux
Menuitem=Windoz,Loa windoz
[global]
device=c:\win98\himem.sys
dos=umb,high
[windoz]
include=global
shell=c:\win98\command.com c:\win98 /e:512 /p
[linux]
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In autoexec.bat
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@echo off
goto %config%
:linux
loadlin <whatever parms you want>
goto END
:windoz
PATH .....
:end
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Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:
> > I beg to differ. Under DOS 5, the menus are set up under config.sys. I used
>  
> > to boot Linux from a menu in config.sys back in the Windoz 3.1 daze.
> 
> All right, I'll bite.  In my DOS days, menus were generally set up
> as batch files with a series of @echo statements and some way of handling
> user selections.
> 
> How did you accomplish this using items in config.sys?
> 
> -- Lars
> 
> -- 
> Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars at larsshack.org> --> http://www.larsshack.org/
> 

-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org


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