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MSDOS.SYS File Settings -－－－－This post is a repost, author unknown
Reposter's note: Since msdos.sys is also something under DOS, and Win98 startup cannot avoid the DOS stage, I am posting this article here
This article is for beginners; experts who have momentarily forgotten can also give it a try. :)
Below are some settings I know of in the [Options] block of the MSDOS.SYS file for Windows98. (For each option, the default value is written first)
[Options]
AutoScan=1/0
BootDelay=2/?
BootGUI=1/0
BootKeys=1/0
BootMenu=0/1
BootMenuDefault=1/2/3/4/5/6/7
BootMulti=0/1
BootWarn=1/0
BootWin=1/0
DblSpace=0/1
DoubleBuffer=0/1
DrvSpace=0/1
Load Top=1/0
Logo=1/0
WinVer=4.10.1998
AutoScan: Whether to run ScanDisk on the next startup after an abnormal shutdown.
BootDelay: The waiting time before hotkeys can be pressed at boot (unit: seconds), but I tried it myself, and it seems to have no effect.
BootGUI: Whether to enter the Windows GUI interface at startup (otherwise it is the DOS interface).
BootKeys: Whether hotkeys are effective at startup.
BootMenu: Whether to display the startup menu at startup (otherwise it only displays after pressing a hotkey).
BootMenuDefault: The default item when the startup menu is displayed (i.e. the item where the cursor is).
BootMulti: Whether to allow booting DOS 6.xx (provided that the boot disk has old-version DOS startup files, and this disk must be FAT16).
BootWarn: After a failure during startup, whether to prompt to enter Safe Mode on the next startup (this is the most annoying; better to turn it off!).
BootWin: Whether to automatically load the old-version DOS at startup.
DblSpace: Whether to load DBLSPACE.BIN at startup.
DoubleBuffer: Whether to enable double-buffering support.
DrvSpace: Whether to load DRVSPACE.BIN at startup.
Load Top: Whether to load part of the system kernel into high memory at startup.
Logo: Whether to display the “blue sky and white clouds” at startup.
WinVer: No need to explain, right.
Finally, a word about startup hotkeys:
F4: Start old-version DOS.
Shift+F4/Shift: Safe mode
F5: Skip CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, but load HIMEM.SYS (how is this different from the above?).
Shift+F5: Safe mode command prompt only.
F8/Ctrl: Display the startup menu.
Reposter's note: Since msdos.sys is also something under DOS, and Win98 startup cannot avoid the DOS stage, I am posting this article here
This article is for beginners; experts who have momentarily forgotten can also give it a try. :)
Below are some settings I know of in the [Options] block of the MSDOS.SYS file for Windows98. (For each option, the default value is written first)
[Options]
AutoScan=1/0
BootDelay=2/?
BootGUI=1/0
BootKeys=1/0
BootMenu=0/1
BootMenuDefault=1/2/3/4/5/6/7
BootMulti=0/1
BootWarn=1/0
BootWin=1/0
DblSpace=0/1
DoubleBuffer=0/1
DrvSpace=0/1
Load Top=1/0
Logo=1/0
WinVer=4.10.1998
AutoScan: Whether to run ScanDisk on the next startup after an abnormal shutdown.
BootDelay: The waiting time before hotkeys can be pressed at boot (unit: seconds), but I tried it myself, and it seems to have no effect.
BootGUI: Whether to enter the Windows GUI interface at startup (otherwise it is the DOS interface).
BootKeys: Whether hotkeys are effective at startup.
BootMenu: Whether to display the startup menu at startup (otherwise it only displays after pressing a hotkey).
BootMenuDefault: The default item when the startup menu is displayed (i.e. the item where the cursor is).
BootMulti: Whether to allow booting DOS 6.xx (provided that the boot disk has old-version DOS startup files, and this disk must be FAT16).
BootWarn: After a failure during startup, whether to prompt to enter Safe Mode on the next startup (this is the most annoying; better to turn it off!).
BootWin: Whether to automatically load the old-version DOS at startup.
DblSpace: Whether to load DBLSPACE.BIN at startup.
DoubleBuffer: Whether to enable double-buffering support.
DrvSpace: Whether to load DRVSPACE.BIN at startup.
Load Top: Whether to load part of the system kernel into high memory at startup.
Logo: Whether to display the “blue sky and white clouds” at startup.
WinVer: No need to explain, right.
Finally, a word about startup hotkeys:
F4: Start old-version DOS.
Shift+F4/Shift: Safe mode
F5: Skip CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, but load HIMEM.SYS (how is this different from the above?).
Shift+F5: Safe mode command prompt only.
F8/Ctrl: Display the startup menu.
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大功告成，打个Kiss!
ko20010214@MSN.com
神州优雅Q300C
Intel CeleronM 370处理器 | 256MbDDR内存
40G硬盘 | USB2.0 | IEEE 1394
13.3 ' WXGA 宽屏(16:10) | COMBO光驱
10/100M网卡 | 四合一读卡器
