Peter Knapper wrote to Mark Ellis on 09-13-1999

PK> Thats probably going to be a bit tight depending on what you wish
PK> to do with  the system, however I would start by using HPFS
PK> partitions  with no more than 512KB Cache, probably better off with 
PK> 256KB. You system is going to do a lot of swapping with any  decent
PK> sized applications running so too much cache may  actualyl slow it
PK> down. Start with 256 and then try 512 and  see how that affects it. 

If I can butt in, there's one sneaky thing about cache sizes.  You
(may) have 2 separate caches: HPFS and FAT.  The cache size for HPFS is
right out front and obvious but the FAT cache size is set by the
installer to a default size that is (for memory over 8 meg) 10% of the
total memory up to a max of 4 meg.  In your case, that comes to 2 meg. 
If you use mostly HPFS - as Peter recommends - that's way too much very
precious RAM.  Edit the DISKCACHE line in config.sys at the earliest
opportunity and specify a small number.  I find that 128(k) is fine no
more than I use FAT, but you'll have to tune for your system.

Will Honea 
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