Command: menu
MENU displays a menu while running CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS.
MENU is a CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS command.
Syntax:
menu [text]
Options:
text The text you want to be shown while running config.sys
Comments:
MENU displays a menu while running CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS.
Use MENUCOLOR before the menu config command, to create a full
screen menu which supports the arrow cursor keys.
Use MENUDEFAULT to set a time delayed default option. Lines that
begin with 1? will only be processed if the user presses 1.
Lines beginning with 23? will be loaded if the user presses either
2 or 3. Options other than 0 can only be selected if at least one
"numbers?" line actually uses them, as shown in the example below.
Using with autoexec.bat:
The ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE CONFIG is set to the menu option value.
Therefore %CONFIG% can be used in the autoexec.bat in conjunction
with the if command.
MENU is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs no other file
in order to work.
Examples:
Example 1:
IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
MENU Please Select Configuration:
MENU
MENU Option 0 basic stuff only
MENU Option 1 CD-ROM
MENU Option 2 TROUSERS
MENU Option 3 CD-ROM and TROUSERS
0? ECHO Warning: Only standard drivers !
13?DEVICE=xdvd2.sys /D:FDCD001
23?DEVICE=TROUSERS.SYS
IN AUTOEXEC.BAT:
IF "%config%"=="1" SHSUCDX /D:FDCD001
IF "%config%"=="3" SHSUCDX /D:FDCD001
Means: SHSUCDX is loaded in AUTOEXEC.BAT / FDAUTO.BAT when the
options 1 or 3 were chosen in CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS
Example 2:
IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
!COUNTRY=049,858,C:\FREEDOS\BIN\country.sys (german setting)
!LASTDRIVE=Z
!BUFFERS=20 (!=will be executed under all circumstances)
!FILES=40 (!=will be executed under all circumstances)
!MENUCOLOR=7,0 (!=will be executed under all circumstances)
MENUDEFAULT=1,5
MENU 1 - Load FreeDOS with JEMM386 (no EMS, max RAM free)
MENU 2 - Load FreeDOS with JEMM386 (Expanded Memory)
MENU 3 - Load FreeDOS low with some drivers (Safe Mode)
MENU 4 - Load FreeDOS without drivers (Emergency Mode)
12?DOS=HIGH (will be processed when pressing 1/2)
12?DOS=UMB (will be processed when pressing 1/2)
12?DOSDATA=UMB (will be processed when pressing 1/2)
123?DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\himemx.exe ( " " " 1/2/3)
1?DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\jemm386.exe NOEMS X=TEST I=TEST I=B000-B7FF
NOVME NOINVLPG (will be processed when user presses 1)
2?DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\jemm386.exe X=TEST I=TEST I=B000-B7FF NOVME
NOINVLPG (will be processed when user presses 2)
34?SHELL=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\command.com C:\FREEDOS\BIN /E:1024
/P=C:\FDAUTO.BAT (will be processed when pressing 3/4)
12?SHELLHIGH=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\command.com C:\FREEDOS\BIN /E:1024
/P=C:\FDAUTO.BAT (will be processed when pressing 1/2)
;1234?BREAK=OFF (set to REM, nothing happens)
REM 1234?DEVICE=C:\blahblah.sys (set to REM, nothing happens)
IN AUTOEXEC.BAT / FDAUTO.BAT:
Depending if you have chosen "1", "2", "3" or "4" in CONFIG.SYS
your AUTOEXEC.BAT / FDAUTO.BAT can execute different routines, e.g.:
IF "%config%"=="1" goto :BAT_ROUTINE1
IF "%config%"=="2" goto :BAT_ROUTINE2
IF "%config%"=="3" goto :BAT_ROUTINE3
IF "%config%"=="4" goto :BAT_ROUTINE4
goto :END
:BAT_ROUTINE1
execute commands for routine1
goto: END
:BAT_ROUTINE2
execute commands for routine2
goto: END
:BAT_ROUTINE3
execute commands for routine3
goto: END
:BAT_ROUTINE4
execute commands for routine4
goto: END
:END
cls
See also:
; (semicolon)
! (exclamation mark)
? (question mark)
autoexec.bat/fdauto.bat
config.sys/fdconfig.sys
country (COUNTRY NUMBERS)
country.sys (COUNTRY NUMBERS)
dos
dosdata
environment variable
files
goto
himemx
if
jemm386
jemmex
lastdrive/lastdrivehigh
menucolor
menudefault
rem
shsucdx
Copyright © 2003 Robert Platt, updated 2011 and 2022 by W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.