Question about Win 9x boot order?

In my A+ book I have used to study for both tests, I noticed something odd about the boot order.

In the book, it says that Io.sys loads Config.sys before Io.sys loads msdos.sys. Was this a mistake or could this be true because config.sys is optional?

Thank you for your help! I just want to get this straightened out before my test on Wed. Otherwise, I am pretty confident about passing.

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Plantwiz

I don't really follow your question

Here is some information on boot process/boot sequence:

http://users.iafrica.com/c/cq/cquirke/startup.htm#IOSYS

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http://safari5.bvdep.com/0789730626/ch18lev1sec1#ch18lev1sec1

Windows 9x/Me Boot Sequence
During the startup process of Windows 9x/Me, the OS accesses several files. These files include

Io.sys— Binary startup file

Msdos.sys— Editable text startup configuration file

Config.sys— Editable text startup device driver and configuration file

Autoexec.bat— Editable text startup configuration file

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powerman7t wrote:

In my A+ book I have used to study for both tests, I noticed something odd about the boot order.

In the book, it says that Io.sys loads Config.sys before Io.sys loads msdos.sys. Was this a mistake or could this be true because config.sys is optional?

Thank you for your help! I just want to get this straightened out before my test on Wed. Otherwise, I am pretty confident about passing.

I believe that was a mistake. The three files needed to boot for 9x is io.sys, msdos.sys then command.com.