buffers

This is a config.sys command. It tells FreeDOS how many disk buffers it should allocate. 
   buffers=p[,s]

where p is the number of primary disk buffers, in the range 1-99.

Options

   s
   The number of secondary disk buffers, in the range 1-8.

Usage

The default setting depends on the amount of conventional memory your system has: 

Memory (KB)                Primary Buffers           Secondary Buffers
----------------------------------------------------------------------
    < 128                           3                         1
  128 - 255                         5                         1
  256 - 511                        10                         1
  512 - 640                        15                         1

Increasing the number of buffers can improve the speed of programs that work with a large number of files, but also uses up more memory resources.

See Also

config.sys
Copyright © 2003 Rob Platt
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