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| − | + | Upon BOOT, the original MS-DOS system would first load settings from a file called CONFIG.SYS, and then execute any commands found in the '''AUTOEXEC.BAT''' file. Commonly the AUTOEXEC.BAT file would define the system [[PATH]], load device drivers, and launch [[Software:Windows|Windows]]. Because DOSBox already emulates most of what a CONFIG.SYS, and AUTOEXEC.BAT would do, there isn't much need to define anything other than your mountable drives. | |
| − | + | In DOSBox, '''AUTOEXEC.BAT''' is a segment of the [[dosbox.conf]] file. | |
== A Common AUTOEXEC.BAT == | == A Common AUTOEXEC.BAT == | ||
Revision as of 04:14, 29 October 2009
Upon BOOT, the original MS-DOS system would first load settings from a file called CONFIG.SYS, and then execute any commands found in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Commonly the AUTOEXEC.BAT file would define the system PATH, load device drivers, and launch Windows. Because DOSBox already emulates most of what a CONFIG.SYS, and AUTOEXEC.BAT would do, there isn't much need to define anything other than your mountable drives.
In DOSBox, AUTOEXEC.BAT is a segment of the dosbox.conf file.
A Common AUTOEXEC.BAT
@ECHO OFF MOUNT C C:\DOSGAMES C: CLS ECHO Starting MS-DOS 6.22...
This AUTOEXEC.BAT file mounts a C drive (pointed to the Local-Directory C:\DOSGAMES), changes to that drive (from Z:), Clears the Screen and prints the message
Starting MS-DOS 6.22...
(The message that MS-DOS printed immediately before loading the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT).
MOUNT C C:\oldgames C:
