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Guest

if you are still "messing around" with a dual floppy-based system
OR even a single floppy based system , it is a bit annoying to have to re-insert the Dos Boot disk when it keeps asking for command.com,

here';s a metod th eliminate this annoyance.
you need dod 3.0 or newer. you [;ace command.com on a ramdisk
here's how you do it.

create a config.sys on the boot disk.
you can use copy con config.sys \

DEVICE=VDISK.SYS 64

THEN CREATE A AUTOEXEC.BAT.

COPY A:COMMAND.COM C:COMMAND.COM
>NUL
SET COMSPEC = C:\COMMAND.COM

you will not be asked uto "reinsert the disk with command.com "again UNLESS you reboot and use another boot disk.

LINE 1 COPIES COMMAND.COM TO THE RAMDISK
> NULL PREVENTS THE display of the copy command
2nd line sets the enviroment variable COMSPEC

PC RESOURCE MAGAZINE SEPT 1989 PAGE 12
THIS SHOULD NOT be a sticky but placed in the text files list.

i think the newer edit will work in older DOS
Otherwise get ted.com or ted2 or ted3 ted is 2.048 BYTES
never use edlin uuuuggggghhh

Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 377 Location: Stuttgart, Germany

wdegroot wrote:

never use edlin uuuuggggghhh

I agree. I was never able to really actually work with it. edit is much better, and yes it runs on older DOS versions, as long as you have qbasic.exe in the same directory I think.

Guest

the replacement for edit, the newer one, or try the one from 95.98
it may not ( likely so) require qbasic.
but ted.com or it's siblingsares very small.

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:32 am

Old Norton Cmmander also edits well Very Happy

Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 20 Location: Gurnee, IL, USA

Let's not forget PC-DOS's "E" editor.

Guest

No need for ted, e, edit, or edlin. On simple dos booted disk you could use copy con.