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MS-DOS / PC DOS and some related disk operating systems use the files mentioned here. System Files: [1] IO.SYS (or IBMBIO.COM): This contains the system initialization code and builtin device drivers; MSDOS.SYS (or IBMDOS.COM): This contains the DOS kernel. Command-line interpreter (Shell): COMMAND.COM: This is the command interpreter.
In DOS, CONFIG.SYS is located in the root directory of the drive from which the system was booted. The filename is also used by Disk Control Program (DCP), an MS-DOS derivative by the former East-German VEB Robotron. [1] Some versions of DOS will probe for alternative filenames taking precedence over the default CONFIG.SYS filename if they exist:
MS-DOS itself primarily relied on just one configuration file, CONFIG.SYS.This was a plain text file with simple key–value pairs (e.g. DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS) until MS-DOS 6, which introduced an INI-file style format.
An INI file is a configuration file for computer software that consists of plain text with a structure and syntax comprising key–value pairs organized in sections. [1] The name of these configuration files comes from the filename extension INI, short for initialization, used in the MS-DOS operating system which popularized this method of software configuration.
In Windows Vista and its successors, the .sys files are mainly found under the following paths: [7] C:\Windows\system32\drivers C:\Windows\WinSxS. In MS-DOS, the file named MSDOS.SYS is used to copy the system files from one drive to another, allowing the second drive to be bootable. MSDOS.SYS is located in the root directory of the bootable ...
MSDOS.SYS is a system file in MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating systems. In versions of MS-DOS from 1.1x through 6.22, the file comprises the MS-DOS kernel and is responsible for file access and program management. MSDOS.SYS is loaded by the DOS BIOS IO.SYS as part of the boot procedure. [1] In some OEM versions of MS-DOS, the file is named MSDOS ...
The version included with MS-DOS 4 and PC DOS 4 is no longer a simple command-line utility, but a full-fledged installer. The command is available in MS-DOS versions 3.3 and 4 and IBM PC DOS releases 3 through 4. [1] This command is no longer included in DOS Version 5 and later, where it has been replaced by SETUP.
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