dan@srs.UUCP (Dan Kegel) (11/16/87)
> Be careful about placing DOS into RAW mode. In some versions of DOS > (I don't know about the latest versions), using certain DOS functions while > you are in RAW mode will cause DOS to HANG. > Example: running LINK with no arguments. > -- Darryl Okahata {hplabs!hpccc!, hpfcla!} hpsrla!darrylo Any version of DOS will appear to hang in RAW mode if asked to get a line of text from the keyboard. Since carriage return is not treated specially in RAW mode, DOS simply gets characters until the buffer fills. Thus if you simply put a brick (I used the DOS manual) on the Enter key for about thirty seconds, the buffer will fill, DOS will return, and LINK will report 'Response line too long' and exit to COMMAND. While leaving the console in RAW mode outside of applications isn't a great idea, at least it doesn't truly crash DOS. - Dan Kegel (...rochester!srs!dan)