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["Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 17:17:34 +0000, Eric S. Emerson wrote:

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> Hi Greg M.,
>                   I never get any W&ndz screen
> with BootGui=0.  I have a batch file that asks
> "Boot Win98   Y/N?"      If I press N or CTRL-BRK
> then I get a black screen with a DOS prompt.

The computer in question has Win98SE. The MSDOS.SYS file has BootGui=0.
The CONFIG.SYS file is
        shell=command.com /e:2048
The AUTOEXEC.BAT file is
        @echo off
        path=%path%;c:\
        echo type  1  for Windows
        echo       2  for Slackware Linux
        echo       3  for MS-DOS
        choice /c:123 /t:1,10 (default to Windows in 10 seconds)
        if errorlevel 3 goto dos
        if errorlevel 2 goto linux
        win
        goto exit
        :linux
        cd \linux
        linux.bat
        goto exit
        :dos
        ctmouse.exe
        :exit

When I switch on, after the POST I get the Windows logo screen for a few
seconds then the AUTOEXEC file runs, the screen clears and I get the
list of choices.

It is that screen that comes up between the POST and the running of
AUTOEXEC that I was asking about.

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