[CQ-Contest] Re: Running DOS apps under Win95

[Trey Garlough]

> Any of these methods will work, but I think the editing of MSDOS.SYS
> is the least desirable unless you want to type WIN almost every time
> you start or restart a Win95 machine.

Precisely, or unless you are running CT during a multi-op effort and
you *never* want Win95 to rear it's ugly head.

--Trey, N5KO


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>From patd at wolfenet.com" <patd at wolfenet.com  Sat Jan 17 07:05:10 1998
From: patd at wolfenet.com" <patd at wolfenet.com (Patrick Dayshaw)
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 23:05:10 -0800
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Running DOS apps under Win95
Message-ID: <01BD22D3.B3F58DA0 at patd@wolfenet.com>


Yes, that's correct. The default file attributes for the 
MSDOS.SYS file is normally both "Hidden" and "System". You 
can change the attributes of the file via Windows Explorer 
by "Right-Clicking" on the file and then selecting 
"Properties" from the menu. When the MSDOS.SYS properties 
dialog box opens, near the bottom of the General tab you 
will see an "Attributes" area, un-check both the "Hidden" 
and "System" check boxes, and then close the Properties 
box. You can now edit the MSDOS.SYS file with Notepad. If 
you double click on it you will be prompted for the 
application to use to open it, just choose Notepad or 
another pure ASCII editor. After editing the BootGui= 
setting and saving it you'll be all set for your CONTEST 
configuration. It's not really necessary to set the 
attributes back. Just keep in mind this is a sensitive file 
and heed the warning embedded in it when you open it.

Patrick
WA7VNI

On Friday, January 16, 1998 04:25 AM, Tom Osborne 
[SMTP:w7why at mail.coos.or.us] wrote:
> Trey Garlough wrote:
>
> >         Yes, actually there is a way to do it...in the
> >         root directory
> >is a file called MSDOS.SYS. In that file is a section
> >called [Options],
> >and under that section is an entry as follows:
> >
> >         BootGUI=1
> >
> >         Change it to 0 and it should just boot into DOS
> >         mode...
> >
> >         -Jeff
>
>
> Hi Jeff. How do you edit a sys file?
> I looked in my msdos.sys, and it is not a text file. It 
is
> system-read
> only file.
> Tom W7WHY
>
>
>
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