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From: "Thomas Mueller" <tmueller AT bluegrass DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: fcbs=40,0 in CONFIG.SYS ?
Date: 7 Jan 2002 10:04:07 GMT
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I noticed in the Zip-picker linked from http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/

   You need to update your C:\CONFIG.SYS to include the following lines
   (edit the first to suit your installation, and if these lines already
   exist, it's OK if they have larger numbers than these examples):
shell=c:\dos\command.com c:\dos /e:2048 /p
files=40
fcbs=40,0

Why should fcbs be set so high?  Is it really necessary?  FCBs are a long
outdated means of file access in DOS, being superseded by file handles beginning
with MS-DOS 2.  Surely DJGPP, one of the more progressive DOS programs, would
not use such an outdated means of file access?