LBAcache

Hard disk cache program. Improves drive performance.
Requires XMS memory, and at least a 386 computer.

To install:
    lbacache [size] [DRV list] [FLOP] [TUNA] [TUNW]

Options - when loading

    size
    Sets cache size, in Kb, of XMS.
    Default is 2MB
    Maximum is 32767
    Minimum is 0  (try to use as much as possible)

    DRV list
    Select hard disks to cache. The default is to cache
    all disks, which are detected automatically.
    List consists of consecutive numbers with no spaces
    in between. These numbers can be:
          0    C:
          1    D:
          ...
          7    J:
    For example
          DRV 027
    Will cache the first (C:), third (E:) and
    eighth (J:) drives.
    DRV NULL can be used to disable hard disk caching.
    
    FLOP
    Caches the floppy disk drive(s). Use tickle
    to speed floppy disks up even further.
    
    TUNA
    Tune: fully Associative mode (maybe more cache hits).

    TUNW
    Tune: alloc on Write mode (can be faster or slower).

    TUNS
    Tune: move local stack to LOW RAM (necessary for SCSI disks).

Options - after loading

    INFO
    Shows information and statistics about your cache(s)

    STAT
    Show cache statistics.

    ZERO
    Reset statistics counters.

    SYNC
    Synchronises cache data. LBAcache currently
    only read caches, so this option only empties the
    caches.

    STOP
    Closes the caches and frees XMS. The driver will also
    be uninstalled unless it was loaded in config.sys.

Examples

    LBACACHE
Just running the command without options will read cache all your hard disks (if available through the BIOS) with the default cache buffer size.
    LBACACHE 5120 flop
This will read cache all hard disks and floppy disks, with 5MB of memory for the cache buffer.
    LBACACHE info
Shows information about your caches.

See Also

Tickle

Copyright © 2004 Rob Platt
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