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Offline MilooTopic starter

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Startup sequence edit
« on: June 15, 2007, 12:17:07 PM »
How do i edit the startup-sequence file on the hard drive in dos. I typed in something on the file and the computer will not boot into os3.9 but only to dos?
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Offline smoorke

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Re: Startup sequence edit
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2007, 12:34:31 PM »
ED s:startup-sequence
 

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Re: Startup sequence edit
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2007, 12:35:53 PM »
Type Workbench: and press ENTER

Type S and press ENTER

Type Ed startup-sequence and press ENTER

Your startup-sequence should now appear for you to edit :-)

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EDIT - Doh! How often does someone else reply while you are typing :lol:


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Re: Startup sequence edit
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2007, 12:47:43 PM »
Great - thanks guys
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Offline pVC

Re: Startup sequence edit
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2007, 12:49:49 PM »
But better use ED only in emergency situations as it cuts down too long lines :) For example my blizkick line is gone if I use ED :) CED or any other decent text editor does the job better.
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Offline Steady

Re: Startup sequence edit
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2007, 01:20:46 PM »
@ pVC:

You can trick ED into keeping long lines by having letters ahead of your cursor that you can delete when you are done (although it's still less than ideal).