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It can be understood as: after loading the CONFIG file once, how do I run it again?

[ Last edited by jastyg on 2006-4-25 at 09:58 ]

Re jastyg:

I don't quite understand what you're trying to do.

If CONFIG.SYS has already been loaded, that means memory has already been configured, and no matter what method you use to run it again, all kinds of problems will appear because the memory is being configured repeatedly.

If the contents of the two CONFIG.SYS files are different, and there is no conflict in the memory configuration and loaded programs, then you should be able to put the contents of both CONFIG.SYS files into one CONFIG.SYS; if there is a conflict, you can also make a multi-boot menu to choose which one to execute.

So I want to know: for what reason do you need to run CONFIG.SYS again?

For *.sys, how do I load it in a batch file?

You can use DEVLOAD.COM
You can download this software online.

How do I write it?

Your mistake: 1) config.sys is the environment configuration file defined by the system and is loaded automatically at boot, while other *.sys files have to be set up manually;
2) loading *.sys files is set in config.sys, and generally is not written into batch commands.

To load a *.sys file, you can add a few lines to config.sys:
device=\路径\*.sys
or devicehight=\路径\*.sys
(the latter means loading into upper memory (memory management must already be loaded))

For example (my own boot disk)
device=\sys\himem.sys /testmem:off device=\sys\emm386.exe noems devicehigh=\sys\vide-cdd.sys /d:IDE-CD devicehigh=\sys\usbaspi.sys devicehigh=\sys\di1000dd.sys

Notes:
1) emm386.exe can only be loaded after himem.sys has been loaded;
2) after loading those two, you can use the devicehigh command;
3) the *.sys files I want to configure are in the sys subdirectory; if yours are in the root directory, please remove \sys\.

I wonder if you can understand it when I explain it this way?

[ Last edited by xjmxjm1234 on 2006-4-22 at 19:25 ]

The problem now is that I want to load *.sys with a batch file, not in config.sys!

The brother in post #4 said DEVLOAD.COM can be used. I'd like to ask how to write it in a batch file?

DEVLOAD.COM *.sys

Is that format correct?

After testing, correct.

The situation is like this; let me be a bit more specific.
MAX's network boot disk has a function to automatically detect the network card (AUTOLAN.DOS).
It's configured in CONFIG。SYS. I don't want it to be loaded right at boot; I want to call it only when I need it. DEVLOAD.COM AUTOLAN.DOS doesn't work, so I'm wondering whether it's possible to reload the SYS file once more (with device=AUTOLAN.DOS configured in it).

Please provide MAX's network boot disk

Rename AUTOLAN.DOS to AUTOLAN.SYS, then use:
DEVLOAD.COM AUTOLAN.SYS
Give it a try!

Using LOADSYS is better

Originally posted by martin325 at 2006-4-24 22:43:
Rename AUTOLAN.DOS to AUTOLAN.SYS, then use:
DEVLOAD.COM AUTOLAN.SYS
Give it a try!

Thanks, it's OK now