Article ID: 99649
Article Last Modified on 11/26/1999
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q99649
This information applies to both Microsoft DoubleSpace and Microsoft DriveSpace. For MS-DOS 6.22, use DRVSPACE in place of DBLSPACE for commands and filenames.
SYMPTOMS
Your Amstrad ANB 386 PC notebook computer may appear to stop responding (hang) at the "Starting MS-DOS..." prompt, but pressing a key allows the machine to continue booting.
WORKAROUND
You can work around this problem by using MS-DOS Editor (EDIT.COM) to add SWITCHES =/F to your CONFIG.SYS file.
If you are using MS-DOS 6.2 and DoubleSpace, you also need to add SWITCHES = /F to your DBLSPACE.INI file. To do this, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and then press ENTER:
DBLSPACE /SWITCHES=F
MORE INFORMATION
SWITCHES=/F disables the two-second delay after the "Starting MS-DOS..." message appears during startup.
Additional query words: 6.00 6.20 machine
Keywords: KB99649
