Command: switches

  SWITCHES adjusts boot time processing behaviour.
  SWITCHES is a CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS command.

Syntax:

  switches=/E[:xxx] /F /K /N /W

Options:

  /F   skips the delay checking for F5/F8 keystroke before processing
       config.sys [equivalent to SYS CONFIG skipconfigseconds=0]
       F5 and F8 are only processed if pressed before DOS boots but
       after the keyboard is set up - right moment is easy to miss.
  /N   disables F5/F8 support [equivalent to kernel config (SYS CONFIG,
       run SYS CONFIG /? for explanations) skipconfigseconds=-1]
       F5 (skip config) and F8 (single step config.sys) are ignored.
  /K   forces treating of keyboard as 86 key keyboard, not 102/105 key.
       Might be useful with BIOSes or drivers which have no or broken
       handling for 102/105 key keyboards.
  /E   enables moving of EBDA (Extended BIOS Data Area), optionally a
       size in kilobytes may be specified [xxx, in range of 48-1024]
  /W   is NOT supported in FreeDOS. This option in MS DOS would set a flag
       for Windows 3.0 to skip loading wina20.386 from the root directory.

Comments:

  SWITCHES is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs no other file
  in order to work.

Examples:

  IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
    switches=/E[:48] /F /K /N /W

See also:

  config.sys
  fdconfig.sys

  Copyright © 2008 W. Spiegl.

  This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
  See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.