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The place to start is the place where DOS starts when DOS boots. You MUST create a CONFIG.SYS file on your boot disk. The CONFIG.SYS tells DOS how many files and buffers to create, what device drivers to load, and the size of the Master Environment.
Unless you are using special drivers, BUFFERS=40 and FILES=40 is a good place to start. STACKS 0,0 will gain you an extra 3k of RAM. But the most important command is the shell statement. A CONFIG.SYS file might look like this:
SHELL=COMMAND.COM /P /E:400 BUFFERS=40 FILES=40 DEVICE=ANSI.SYSThis sets up enough environment space to allow MarxMenu and DOS SET commands to work properly. You will also want to load any other device drivers like QEMM386.SYS or 386MAX.SYS to take advantage of other features of your computer. If you don't know about CONFIG.SYS files, read the DOS manual.
Network Note: If you don't have a local hard disk and are booting from a floppy drive, set BUFFERS=4. If you are booting from a diskless workstation, set BUFFERS=1. BUFFERS are used for local drives only and have no effect on network drives. You save 1k of memory for every 2 buffers you don't use.
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