FreeDOS help system (hhstndrd 1.0.8 en)[menucol]

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:

IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS: menucolor 15,1 changes the colour of config.sys to white text on blue background

See also:

config.sys fdconfig.sys menu menudefault ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright (C) 2004 Robert Platt, updated 2008 by W. Spiegl. This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO. See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.