From:	eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Environment setting for running DJGPP in plain DOS in Win9x
Date:	17 Jan 2001 10:14:31 GMT
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Cesar Rabak (csrabak AT uol DOT com DOT br) wrote:
: Due the specific need to run in plain DOS to use the yamd, I noticed
: that a lot of programs run slower in this mode (Emacs seems to snail
: like the ole 486 era!).

: It seems to me that the main reason is the lack of a disk cache
: (SMARTDRV?).

: Now, does anybody knows how to setup the windows 98 environment so that
: it runs the neeeded programs when booted in DOS and not in the `normal'
: mode?

If you're talking about Start->Shutdown->Restart in MSDOS mode, then
the file you want to change is WINDOZE_DIR/dosstart.bat.


Right,

						MartinS

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