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I am just a big rookie, purely a DOS illiterate.

I just want to boot to DOS and automatically run M.BAT (which is a command for GHOST automatic backup), and don't need any other functions and drivers!

The following are the information of CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT (hehe! It's not written by me, it's copied from others and randomly modified), but it can boot normally and automatically run M.BAT喔^_^

My question is: Which commands and information among them are redundant, that is, can be removed?

DEVICE=CONFIG.EXE
DEVICE=CONMENU.SYS

REM COLOR=
REM DEFAULT=A,0
REM CAPTION=
REM CAPTION=
REM CAPTION=
REM CAPTION=
REM ENDNOTE=
REM ENDNOTE=
REM ENDNOTE=

REM CM0=

A

REM CM0=(1
DEVICE=DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF /Q
DEVICE=DOS\UMBPCI.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=DOS\VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:IDE-CD01
REM CM0=)1

SHELL=COMMAND.COM /E:1024 /P /F
DOS=HIGH,UMB,AUTO
FCBSHIGH=4,0
FILESHIGH=30
BUFFERSHIGH=20,0
STACKSHIGH=9,256
LASTDRIVE=Z
DEVICEHIGH=DOS\RAMDRIVE.SYS /E 4096

REM CM0=

@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $P$G
SET EXPAND=YES
SET DIRCMD=/OGN /4
PATH=A:\;A:\DOS
IF %CM0%#==F# goto end
IF %CM0%#==E# goto E
set LglDrv=27 * 26 Z 25 Y 24 X 23 W 22 V 21 U 20 T 19 S 18 R 17 Q 16 P 15
set LglDrv=%LglDrv% O 14 N 13 M 12 L 11 K 10 J 9 I 8 H 7 G 6 F 5 E 4 D 3 C
CALL SETRAMD.BAT %LglDrv%
SET COMSPEC=A:\COMMAND.COM
LH MSCDEX.EXE /D:IDE-CD01 /L:%CDROM%
LH SMARTDRV.EXE 4096
LH CTMOUSE > NUL
LH DOSKEY > NUL
DOSLFN.COM /Z A:\DOS\CP936UNI.TBL >NUL
Set LglDrv=
FOR %%a in (A B C D) DO IF %CM0%#==%%a# goto %%a

:A
cls
M.BAT
goto end

Hope to get an answer! Thanks...

[ Last edited by fdiskoo1 on 2006-9-19 at 12:48 ]

Floor1　fdiskoo1	Posted 2006-09-19 12:46
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I am just a big rookie, purely a DOS illiterate. I just want to boot to DOS and automatically run M.BAT (which is a command for GHOST automatic backup), and don't need any other functions and drivers! The following are the information of CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT (hehe! It's not written by me, it's copied from others and randomly modified), but it can boot normally and automatically run M.BAT喔^_^ My question is: Which commands and information among them are redundant, that is, can be removed? DEVICE=CONFIG.EXE DEVICE=CONMENU.SYS REM COLOR= REM DEFAULT=A,0 REM CAPTION= REM CAPTION= REM CAPTION= REM CAPTION= REM ENDNOTE= REM ENDNOTE= REM ENDNOTE= REM CM0= A REM CM0=(1 DEVICE=DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF /Q DEVICE=DOS\UMBPCI.SYS DEVICEHIGH=DOS\VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:IDE-CD01 REM CM0=)1 SHELL=COMMAND.COM /E:1024 /P /F DOS=HIGH,UMB,AUTO FCBSHIGH=4,0 FILESHIGH=30 BUFFERSHIGH=20,0 STACKSHIGH=9,256 LASTDRIVE=Z DEVICEHIGH=DOS\RAMDRIVE.SYS /E 4096 REM CM0= @ECHO OFF PROMPT $P$G SET EXPAND=YES SET DIRCMD=/OGN /4 PATH=A:\;A:\DOS IF %CM0%#==F# goto end IF %CM0%#==E# goto E set LglDrv=27 * 26 Z 25 Y 24 X 23 W 22 V 21 U 20 T 19 S 18 R 17 Q 16 P 15 set LglDrv=%LglDrv% O 14 N 13 M 12 L 11 K 10 J 9 I 8 H 7 G 6 F 5 E 4 D 3 C CALL SETRAMD.BAT %LglDrv% SET COMSPEC=A:\COMMAND.COM LH MSCDEX.EXE /D:IDE-CD01 /L:%CDROM% LH SMARTDRV.EXE 4096 LH CTMOUSE > NUL LH DOSKEY > NUL DOSLFN.COM /Z A:\DOS\CP936UNI.TBL >NUL Set LglDrv= FOR %%a in (A B C D) DO IF %CM0%#==%%a# goto %%a :A cls M.BAT goto end Hope to get an answer! Thanks... [ Last edited by fdiskoo1 on 2006-9-19 at 12:48 ]

Floor2　caocaocao	Posted 2006-09-20 07:38
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The lines starting with rem in config.sys are removable (they are comments), and don't touch those in autoexec.bat.

Floor3　bc12060101	Posted 2006-09-20 09:17
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Hehe, if the program for GHOST automatic backup (whether it's backing up files or restoring files?) is on the hard disk, then 99% are almost useless characters. If the program (or file) is on the CD, then 90% of the characters are redundant. If you post your M.bat, maybe it can be explained more clearly.