[net.micro] environment size under DOS 3.0

2212msr@whuts.UUCP (ROBIN) (09/26/85)

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I'm running MS-DOS 3.0 on an AT (512k RAM w/256K ramdisk using VDISK, no
hard disk) and am running out of environment space.
I've tried including the following in my config.sys:
      shell=\c:command.com \c: /p/e:30
however the system will not accept this on cold start.  It appears that entering
      set shell=\c:command.com :\c /p/e:30
from the keyboard does work.  Can anyone help?

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pier@ur-tut.UUCP (Pierre Darmon) (10/04/85)

Try to upgrade to DOS 3.1. That might do it. I am using 3.1 myself and have
the SHELL= .....    /p/:30 command in my CONFIG.SYS file and it works just
fine. Watch out that this feature (/:xx) is an undocumented feature. So the
usual caution applies here. It might not be there in future relases of DOS.


Pierre Darmon
University of Rochester

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