E.M.Boehm@UACSC1.ALBANY.EDU.UUCP (11/30/87)
To change the environment size in MS-DOS 3.1 add the following line to your config.sys file: shell=c:\dos\command.com c:\dos /e:40 /p Environment size is specified in paragraphs (16 bytes) so the above will give you 640 bytes environment space. MS-DOS 3.2 specifies in bytes so it would be ... /e:640. Note that the line above assumes the first time it loads command.com it will be in the directory c:\dos (you can change this to suit your preferences). It will reload command.com when necessary from c:\dos (2nd parameter), environment size is 40 paragraphs (/e:40) and command.com is made permanent in memory (/p). I have used this reliably on Z-148 running MS-DOS 3.1 Eric M. Boehm EMB978@albny1vx.bitnet EMB978@leah.albany.edu
SAC.HQSAC-ACMI@E.ISI.EDU (11/30/87)
I would like to thank all those who responded to my recent request on changing the environment size. Although the DOS manuals mention that the size can be changed, they failed to state how to go about it (or else I simply missed it). The Shell Command worked fine, and all my programs are happy. Since I have the UCI-EZPC board set and DOS 3.2, the added info, on the diference between 3.1 and 3.2, for the E: switch parameter was welcomed. Again Thanks Marc