Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 16:56:59 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: David Vrabel <d DOT vrabel AT n-shropshire DOT ac DOT uk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Bash as the only shell
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On Wed, 6 May 1998, David Vrabel wrote:

> Is it possible to set bash as the only shell instead of command.com?

Are you sure you need this?  What's wrong with loading it from 
AUTOEXEC.BAT?

> If so, how do you do it?

It is doable.  Somebody posted a description several months ago.  Try 
searching the DJGPP mail archives at 
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/mail-archives/.

> I've tried setting
>     shell=d:\djgpp\bin\bash.exe -login
> in config.sys but it comes up with a error message:
>    : cannot open
> (or something simliar)

Make sure PATH is defined before the line with SHELL=.