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PS1 Computer Not Reading The CONFIG.SYS File
DocumentID: 641928
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:18:41 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: A customer, with an IBM PS1 computer, couldn't get the computer to correctly read the CONFIG.SYS from the C: drive. The customer had a very complicated CONFIG.SYS file. The customer had some incorrect syntax in several of the lines. Listed below are the old and the corrected CONFIG.SYS files.

Old CONFIG.SYS
FILES=50
INSTALL=C:\SHELL.STB.COM
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /P
COUNTRY=001,,C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(,437,1)
INSTALL=C:\DOS\NLSFUNC.EXE C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS

New CONFIG.SYS
FILES=50
INSTALL=C:\DOS\SHELLSTB.COM
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /P
COUNTRY=001,,C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(,437,1)
INSTALL=C:\DOS\NLSFUNC.EXE C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
INSTALL=C:\DOS\KEYB.COM US,437,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS

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