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Date:	Sun, 10 Mar 2002 10:43:34 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Configtool & sorting

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Ray wrote:

> Get a copy of ConfigTool. It will describe most every line in
> config.sys. If you have it sort, it will put all the IFS at the top,
> and then tell you to move NETWKSTA.200. It has tools for moving lines,
> and items within path statements.
>
> I find sorting it makes it easier to understand and work on. And it
> does play when it is resorted. Understand, it always was sorted. It
> was done by whatever entities had access to it, using whatever rules or
> lack of them they chose.

I've wanted to do this for a long time, but never quite got around to it.
One related thing I like to do is to have discretely named / grouped sections,
with appropriate annotations. (Like those shown below.) Makes the whole
thing more accessible. Unfortunately, I never did this consistently throughout
the file, but still hope to.

If you're at all like me, and have had many many versions of Config.Sys
over the years, it really helps to have some sort of audit trail for what got
changed, & where & when & why. I never got into the Config.Sys database
type programs like TYRA/2, so I tend to leave those REMnants that may
be most useful for later reference, as when troubleshooting stuff in the
Config file.

Jordan

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REM *********** BackMaster 3.0 tape drivers start here *********
DEVICE=G:\BACKMAST\FTDVR.SYS
DEVICE=G:\BACKMAST\PTDVR.SYS
REM DEVICE=G:\BACKMAST\TTDVR.SYS
DEVICE=G:\BACKMAST\MSRASPI.SYS
REM {Remark Out BM drivers to use BA/2 Pro}
REM *********** BackMaster 3.0 tape drivers stop here *********

. . .

REM *********** CFM 5.0 Scanner drivers start here *********
REM BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /SHARE
BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /ALL
REM {also needed by RSJ, and possibly others}
DEVICE=E:\OS2\TWAIN\CFM50\CFMASPI.SYS
REM {uninstalled from W4, dir.s remain, os2aspi drvr. needed elsewhere ?}
REM *********** CFM 5.0 Scanner drivers end here *********

. . .

REM run=E:\RAMFS\RAMDISK.EXE P:
REM run=E:\RAMFS\RAMDISK.EXE N:
Rem run=E:\RAMFS\RAMDISK.EXE Q:
run=E:\RAMFS-64\RAMDISK.EXE Q:

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