Command: menucolor
MENUCOLOR makes the CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS coloured.
Use MENUCOLOR before the CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS menu command to
create a full screen menu which supports the arrow cursor keys.
MENUCOLOR is a CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS command.
Syntax:
menucolor foreground[,background]
Options:
The following colors can be used for foreground and background:
0 Black
1 Blue
2 Green
3 Cyan
4 Red
5 Magenta
6 Brown
7 Light Gray
The following colors can only be used for the foreground:
8 Dark Gray
9 Light Blue
10 Light Green
11 Light Cyan
12 Light Red
13 Light Magenta
14 Yellow
15 White
Comments:
Use MENUCOLOR before the CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS menu command, to
create a full screen menu which supports the arrow cursor keys.
If you do not use MENUCOLOR, the menu will not be full screen, so
some of the BIOS, bootloader, and kernel init messages (list of drives,
version info...) stays visible.
MENUCOLOR is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs no other
file in order to work.
Examples:
Example 1:
IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
menucolor 15,1 changes the colour of config.sys to white text
on blue backgrounnd
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
files
goto
himemx
if
jemm386
jemmex
lastdrive/lastdrivehigh
menu
menudefault
rem
shsucdx
Copyright © 2004 Robert Platt, updated 2008 and 2022 by W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.