dlnash@ut-ngp.UUCP (Donald L. Nash) (04/18/86)
HELP!!!!! No matter how hard I try, I can't seem to get PC-DOS 3.1 to
give me more environment. Here is my config.sys file:
SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /P C:\ /E:63
FILES=20
DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
BUFFERS=30
COUNTRY=001
LASTDRIVE=Z
I can leave out the shell= line and it makes no difference at all. I
still run out of environ space at the same place in my list of set
commands. YES, I am sure that I'm running DOS 3.10. What is going on
here? Answer by main unless it is of interest to the whole net.
Thanks in advance...
Don Nash
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"If you can't say something nice, then don't" -- anonymous2212msr@whuts.UUCP (ROBIN) (04/21/86)
> > HELP!!!!! No matter how hard I try, I can't seem to get PC-DOS 3.1 to > give me more environment. Here is my config.sys file: > > SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /P C:\ /E:63 > FILES=20 > DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS > BUFFERS=30 > COUNTRY=001 > LASTDRIVE=Z > > I can leave out the shell= line and it makes no difference at all. I > still run out of environ space at the same place in my list of set > commands. YES, I am sure that I'm running DOS 3.10. What is going on > here? Answer by main unless it is of interest to the whole net. I think your problem is caused by putting c: after the /p. format of command is supposed to be: shell=drive/pathname_of_command_processor drive/path_to_command_process /p/e:number_of_16_byte_paragraphs where: 10<paragraphs<63 Example: c: is location of drive containing DOS 3.1 and config.sys expanding environment to 30 paragraphs of 16 bytes each, or 480 bytes shell=c:\command.com c:\/p/e:30 Max S. Robin AT&T Bell Laboratories Rm. 3E-318A Whippany, NJ 07981 201-386-6865 email:whuxg!2212msr
white@ti-csl (04/21/86)
I have in the past, tried to resolve this. There seems to be a case of Catch-22. You may only add so much to the environment while a program is loaded. After that point you must add to that environment from the command line. The reason you can not do this from a batch file is, the batch file is loaded at that time. This also goes if you have a bunch of transient device drivers loaded. For instance, if I have the GSS*CGI drivers loaded on my AT I can not add to my environment space even from the command line. If I unload my drivers I may then add to my environment space then reinstall the device drivers. In short, you can't get there from here. Robert J. White PS: If you find you can, let me know! I want to do it to! CS-NET: white@tilde.ti
davidsen@steinmetz.UUCP (Davidsen) (05/01/86)
Try /E:25 or so. There is an upper limit on this value and 63 is probably too
big and is ignored. I run 20 and I know it works!
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward"akk2@ur-tut.UUCP (A Kacker) (05/04/86)
In article <712@steinmetz.UUCP> davidsen@kbsvax.UUCP (Davidsen) writes: > >Try /E:25 or so. There is an upper limit on this value and 63 is probably too >big and is ignored. I run 20 and I know it works! >-- > -bill davidsen The upper limit seems to be 62.
white@ti-csl (05/09/86)
I have used /e:60 on the TI-Business Pro with great success, but this is using MS-DOS...I have found that using PC-DOS on our AT's that the secret /e switch crashes the system. Robert J White white@tilde.ti