document SWITCHES command, based on descriptions provided from Eric

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Title: Config.sys Options
Configuring your DOS system for use:
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When booting DOS, you will find it only supports a subset of
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hardcoded switch characters.
e.g. switchar=-
SWITCHES
Usage: switches=/E[:xxx] /F /K /N /W
Adjusts boot time processing behaviour.
/F skips the delay checking for F5/F8 keystroke before processing config.sys
[equivalent to setting kernel config option skipconfigseconds = 0]
/N disables F5/F8 support [equivalent to kernel config skipconfigseconds = -1]
(note: with /F a well timed F5/F8 still works, whereas /N completely disables)
/K forces treating of keyboard as 86 key keyboard
/E enables moving of EBDA (Extended BIOS Data Area), optionally a size in KB
may be specified [xxx, in range of 48-1024]
/W disables Windows 3.0 from loading WINA20.386 from the root directory (used
when \WINA20.386 is moved into a subdirectory, a device line with proper
path must be added to Microsoft (R) Windows' SYSTEM.INI [386Enhanced]
section.) --- Unsupported, though may be ignored for compatibility.
VERSION
Usage: version=x.y
FreeDOS specific command to specify what DOS version to report.