guesgen@icsia1.berkeley.edu (Hans-Werner Guesgen) (10/20/89)
I recently got a copy of RESTART, which is a config.sys/autoexec.bat manager. I like the concept of this program, however, it does not run on my machine properly. The reason probably is that I am using the PCKWIK disk accelerator, which causes RESTART to boot my machine before the AUTOEXEC.BAT file is written. The program is written by Tom Almy. Does anybody have the author's address? I tried the email address which is mentioned in the RESTART documentation (toma@tekgvs.tek.com), but it does not work. -Hans ---------- Hans Werner Guesgen International Computer Science Institute guesgen@icsi.Berkeley.EDU
toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) (10/20/89)
In article <32012@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> guesgen@icsi.berkeley.edu () writes: >I recently got a copy of RESTART, which is a config.sys/autoexec.bat >manager. I like the concept of this program, however, it does not run >on my machine properly. The reason probably is that I am using the PCKWIK >disk accelerator, which causes RESTART to boot my machine before the >AUTOEXEC.BAT file is written. I'm posting this because it is of general use. Unless there is some safe way for a program to do a "reboot" with such disk caching software, you need to always run RESTART with the -n (no reboot) option, and then manually do a ctrl-alt-del. Tom Almy toma@tekgvs.labs.tek.com (Address change was unavoidable) Standard Disclaimers Apply
bob@sactoh0.UUCP (Bob F. Breedlove) (10/22/89)
In article <6200@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>, toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) writes: > In article <32012@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> guesgen@icsi.berkeley.edu () writes: > >I recently got a copy of RESTART, which is a config.sys/autoexec.bat > >manager. I like the concept of this program, however, it does not run > >on my machine properly. The reason probably is that I am using the PCKWIK > >disk accelerator, which causes RESTART to boot my machine before the > >AUTOEXEC.BAT file is written. > You might want to pick up a copy of my CONFIG version 2.0. It has a delay feature that can compensate for this problem. It can also run DOS commands (like the one that turns off your caching software). It's available on many BBS's including mine - BOBsBBS (916/929-7511). -- Bob Breedlove SYSOP: BOBsBBS (916/929-7511) pacbell!sactoh0!bob