Default CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT Files

Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q85163

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows & MS-DOS 5 for IBM PS/2

SUMMARY

The following are the default CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files created by the Windows & MS-DOS 5 for PS/2 Setup program.

Default AUTOEXEC.BAT

C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE @ECHO OFF PROMPT $p$g PATH C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS SET TEMP=C:\DOS

Default CONFIG.SYS

DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DOS=HIGH FILES=30 DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE /DOUBLE_BUFFER STACKS=9,256

Some IBM PS/2 machines may be configured with other hard drive types, such as IDE or ESDI, in which case the double buffering portion of SMARTDrive may not appear in the CONFIG.SYS file.

KBCategory: kbsetup kbref
KBSubcategory: win31 doswin
Additional reference words: 3.10 5.00a

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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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