Command: switches
SWITCHES adjusts boot time processing behaviour.
SWITCHES is a CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS command.
Syntax:
switches=/E[:xxx] /F /K /N /W
Options:
/F skips the delay checking for F5/F8 keystroke before processing
config.sys [equivalent to SYS CONFIG skipconfigseconds=0]
F5 and F8 are only processed if pressed before DOS boots but
after the keyboard is set up - right moment is easy to miss.
/N disables F5/F8 support [equivalent to kernel config (SYS CONFIG,
run SYS CONFIG /? for explanations) skipconfigseconds=-1]
F5 (skip config) and F8 (single step config.sys) are ignored.
/K forces treating of keyboard as 86 key keyboard, not 102/105 key.
Might be useful with BIOSes or drivers which have no or broken
handling for 102/105 key keyboards.
/E enables moving of EBDA (Extended BIOS Data Area), optionally a
size in kilobytes may be specified [xxx, in range of 48-1024]
/W is NOT supported in FreeDOS. This option in MS DOS would set a flag
for Windows 3.0 to skip loading wina20.386 from the root directory.
Comments:
SWITCHES is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs no other file
in order to work.
Examples:
IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
switches=/E[:48] /F /K /N /W
See also:
config.sys
fdconfig.sys
Copyright © 2008 W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
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