Critical files in multi-boot configurations in DOS 6.x

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Created: 09 Oct 1997 ::: Last updated: 02 May 2007

Applies to:   Win95   Win98   WinMe   Win 2000/NT   WinXP   WinVista   MacOS

Keywords: config, config.sys, autoexec, autoexec.bat, multi-boot, ms-dos

By Andy Walker

Question: Once I heard you quote an expert as saying that it was possible to have two CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files in multi-boot configurations in DOS 6. I've tried it but haven't been able to make it work. What am I doing wrong? --Buddy

Answer: The expert was Mathew Fiszer, a support tech with CompuSmart. He clarifies things: "There is no way you can have multiple CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files," he said. "What I meant was you that can have one CONFIG.SYS file and one AUTOEXEC.BAT file, with multiple configurations in each one."

For further information, check your MS-DOS 6.x manual for an example.