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to: Will Honea
from: Mark Ellis
date: 1999-09-14 20:07:25
subject: Re: Objects

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

Okay, this line i rem'd out on the advice of CNFGINFO (dat os2cfg15) and the
fact that I use all HPFS.

Does anyone know if the DAT file for CNFGINFO has been updated past 15 
(09-07-98)?

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