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Optimisation of freedos boot (Users)

posted by tom , Germany (West), 22.02.2014, 16:58

> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to change something in the dos boot process, between end of
> bios setup and beginning of config.sys / autoexec.bat?
>
> At the present time I am using FreeDos. It boots quite fast but I would
> like to delete all the unnecessary stuff. For example at the present time I
> have a screen which wait for me to press F5 or F8 (I think it asks me if I
> want to run config.sys/autoexec.bat or not).
>
> In other words, during the boot process, I would like to go as fast as
> possible to the autoexec.bat (or fdauto.bat).

all DOS'es should support

[CONFIG.SYS]
SWITCHES=/N (disable keyboard processing for F5/F8)

or

SWITCHES=/F (set time for keyboard processing to 0)

for FreeDOS, additionally

sys config SKIPCONFIGSECONDS=0

patches kernel.sys for 0 seconds to wait for F5/F8






>
> How can I do that?
>
> Thanks

Complete thread:

• Optimisation of freedos boot - Damien, 22.02.2014, 11:28
  • Optimisation of freedos boot - tom, 22.02.2014, 16:58
    • Optimisation of freedos boot - Damien, 23.02.2014, 19:17
      • Optimisation of freedos boot - Arjay, 25.02.2014, 23:29