Important Notice

The pages on this site contain documentation for very old MS-DOS software, purely for historical purposes. If you're looking for up-to-date documentation, particularly for programming, you should not rely on the information found here, as it will be woefully out of date.

◄Notes►  ◄Example►
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
                                  BUFFERS
 
Allocates memory for a specified number of disk buffers when your system
starts. You can use this command only in your CONFIG.SYS file.
 
Syntax
 
    BUFFERS=n[,m]
 
Parameters
 
n
    Specifies the number of disk buffers. The value of n must be in the
    range 1 through 99.
 
m
    Specifies the number of buffers in the secondary buffer cache. The value
    of m must be in the range 0 through 8.
 
Default settings
 
The default setting for the number of disk buffers depends on the
configuration of your system, as shown in the following table:
 
Configuration              Buffers      Bytes
                           (n)
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
<128K of RAM, 360K disk    2            ──
 
<128K of RAM, > 360K       3            ──
disk
 
128K to 255K of RAM        5            2672
 
256K to 511K of RAM        10           5328
 
512K to 640K of RAM        15           7984
 
The default setting for the number of buffers in the secondary cache (m) is
0 (no secondary cache buffers).
 
If you specify an invalid value for n or m, BUFFERS uses the default setting
of no secondary cache buffers.
 
                                      ♦