Default CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT on MS-DOS 5.0 Working Disk (73413)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
This article was previously published under Q73413

SUMMARY

When you use the /F switch with the Microsoft MS-DOS 5 Upgrade Setup program to create a set of working floppies, default CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files are created on the Startup disk. These default files contain minimal settings for the DOS environment that can prevent some programs from running correctly. Before running MS-DOS version 5.0 from the working floppies, you should customize the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files to the system requirements.

MORE INFORMATION

"SETUP /F" creates the following CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files on the STARTUP disk:

CONFIG.SYS

   DEVICE=A:\SETVER.EXE
   DEVICE=A:\HIMEM.SYS
   DOS=HIGH
   FILES=10

AUTOEXEC.BAT

   @ECHO OFF
   PROMPT $P$G
Note that the following two lines of the CONFIG.SYS file will not be included in the file on an 8086 or 8088 machine: 
   DEVICE=A:\HIMEM.SYS
   DOS=HIGH
The two files listed above will provide a minimal DOS environment that may not be sufficient to run programs that require larger settings for DOS environment such as FILES= and BUFFERS=. One such program is Microsoft Windows, which requires FILES= to be set to 30 or greater.

For more information on installing the MS-DOS 5.0 upgrade to floppy disks, query on the following words:

DOS and 5 and Upgrade and Setup and /F

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/23/1999
Keywords:KB73413
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