Microsoft KB Archive/50109

INSTALL Produces System Configuration Differences PSS ID Number: Q50109 Article last modified on 01-20-1993 PSS database name: O_MSDOS

4.00 4.01

MS-DOS

Summary:

The Microsoft MS-DOS Packaged Product INSTALL program allows you to select the way MS-DOS makes use of the system. You are given the following choices:


 * 1) Minimize DOS function; maximize program workspace
 * 2) Balance DOS function with program workspace
 * 3) Maximize DOS function; minimize program workspace

Depending on which selection you choose, the install procedure will adjust system parameters in the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. These parameters will affect how much memory MS-DOS uses, and thus how much memory is left for application programs.

With Option 1, minimize DOS and maximize program workspace, the following CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files are generated:

With Option 2, balance DOS and program workspace, AUTOEXEC.BAT is changed from the above listing to include the following line on the line after the APPEND /E command:

APPEND C:

CONFIG.SYS is changed to the following:

With Option 3, maximize DOS and minimize program workspace, the AUTOEXEC.BAT file is the same as the one created in Option 2 (see above). The CONFIG.SYS file that would be created is as follows:

These results were found on a IBM-AT compatible with a 40 megabyte (MB) hard disk formatted as one partition. All default install options were chosen except for the three-item choice shown above.

Additional reference words: 4.00 4.01

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.