Re: windows drive letter mapping - CAE

Hi Charly,

CONFIG.NT and AUTOEXEC.NT are used for DOS sessions, not for NT itself. NT
started with the same base code as OS/2; it is not based on DOS.  But it
does provide the ability to run DOS programs in virtual DOS sessions, which
is where the *.NT files are used.

I believe OS/2 has the same files, but it's been a long time since I had
OS/2 installed.

Regards,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax

From: "Charly Jones" <charly301@hotmail.com>
> Well, let's see... I have a Microsoft operating system, I wonder
> if they changed everything when they built Windows 2000?  If there
> isn't a config.sys file, they probably have a completely new
> mechanism for storing that information...
>
> I searched my hard drive and found the following in:
>
>      C:\WINNT\system32\config.NT
>
> So they changed everything!  It is completely different!  They
> used a brand new file name...  I'm guessing that when they
> invent the next "real" operating system, they will find another
> brand new way to implement the MS-DOS underpinnings that they have
> built their fragile house of cards on top of...
>
> REM Windows MS-DOS Startup File
> REM
> REM CONFIG.SYS vs CONFIG.NT
> REM CONFIG.SYS is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
> REM CONFIG.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a
> REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.
> REM
> REM <SNIP></SNIP>
> dos=high, umb
> device=%SystemRoot%\system32\himem.sys
> files=40
>
> Charly Jones
> Geezer in Gig Harbor



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