I ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Whenever you do a START NORECOVERY [GROUP=<config group>], a new
configuration
: group is established.  If you don't specify the GROUP parameter, the new
: configuration group is CONFIG.  During the boot process, the OS makes a copy
: of the specified or default configuration files in BOOTUP.SYS.  Then,
: subsequent START [RECOVERY] boots use the config files in BOOTUP.SYS,
: not the ones in the original configuration group.  None of the configuration
: groups are considered protected, and they don't need to be.  The current
: configuration is always in BOOTUP.SYS and those files *ARE* protected.  In
: fact, once you realized your mistake, you could have done a
: START NORECOVERY GROUP=BOOTUP.  Then, after booting, you could have fixed
: the CONFIG.SYS group and re-booted with a START NORECOVERY.

Actually, I made one "minor" error in the description above.  When you do a
boot with START [RECOVERY], the OS uses the files from the original
configuration group *UNLESS* they've been modified or no longer exist.  Then,
the OS uses the files in BOOTUP.

Mike "Get your facts straight before posting" P.
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