Command: menudefault
MENUDEFAULT sets a time delayed default option for a config.sys /
fdconfig.sys menu.
MENUDEFAULT is a CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS command.
Syntax:
menudefault=defaultoption,delay
Options:
delay delay time in seconds
defaultoption used standard option if delay time is over
Comments:
MENUDEFAULT sets a time delayed default option for a config.sys /
fdconfig.sys menu: If no key has been pressed during 'delay' seconds,
the default choice is activated. Pressing a key stops the countdown,
the kernel will wait infinitely for the user to make a selection. Note
that some virtual machines like Bochs can have broken (too fast) timing.
MENUDEFAULT is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs no other file
in order to work.
Examples:
IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
menucolor 15,1
MENU Choose wisely:
MENU
MENU 0) normal driver (himem and emm386)
MENU 1) alternative driver (himemx and jemm386)
MENUDEFAULT=0,5
0?DEVICE=A:\himem.exe
1?DEVICE=A:\himemx.exe
0?DEVICE=A:\emm386.exe
1?DEVICE=A:\jemm386.exe
The menu will wait 5 seconds. If no key is pressed in this time,
option 0 is selected automatically. Menucolor 15,1 changes the
colour to white text on blue background.
0 chooses himem.exe and emm386.exe,
1 chooses himem.exe and jemm386.exe
See also:
config.sys
fdconfig.sys
menu
menucolor
Copyright © 2003 Robert Platt, updated 2011 by W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.