diff --git a/elks/fs/buffer.c b/elks/fs/buffer.c
index b18120746..0cf8f911c 100644
--- a/elks/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/elks/fs/buffer.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ int INITPROC buffer_init(void)
     debug_setcallback(1, list_buffer_status);   /* ^O will generate buffer list */
 #endif
 
-    if (!(L1buf = heap_alloc(nr_map_bufs * BLOCK_SIZE, HEAP_TAG_BUFHEAD|HEAP_TAG_CLEAR)))
+    if (!(L1buf = heap_alloc(nr_map_bufs * BLOCK_SIZE, HEAP_TAG_CACHE|HEAP_TAG_CLEAR)))
         return 1;
 
     buffer_heads = heap_alloc(bufs_to_alloc * sizeof(struct buffer_head),
diff --git a/elks/include/linuxmt/heap.h b/elks/include/linuxmt/heap.h
index 21f397170..eadb238c8 100644
--- a/elks/include/linuxmt/heap.h
+++ b/elks/include/linuxmt/heap.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define HEAP_TAG_PIPE    0x06   /* open pipe buffers */
 #define HEAP_TAG_INODE   0x07   /* system inodes */
 #define HEAP_TAG_FILE    0x08   /* system open files */
-
+#define HEAP_TAG_CACHE   0x09   /* L1 cache buffer */
 
 // TODO: move free list node from header to body
 // to reduce overhead for allocated block
diff --git a/elkscmd/rootfs_template/bootopts b/elkscmd/rootfs_template/bootopts
index 0a5a26a46..d2d900c75 100644
--- a/elkscmd/rootfs_template/bootopts
+++ b/elkscmd/rootfs_template/bootopts
@@ -6,19 +6,16 @@
 #wd0=10,0x300,0xCC00,0x80
 #3c0=11,0x330,,0x80
 #comirq=,,7,10
-#buf=8			# L2
-#cache=4
 #xmsbuf=2975
 #umb=0xC000:0x800,0xD000:0x1000
-#task=16
-#inode=96
-#file=64
-#sync=30		# secs
+#task=16 buf=64 cache=8 file=64 inode=96 heap=44000 # std
+#task=6 buf=8 cache=4 file=20 inode=24 heap=15000 n # min w/no rc.sys
+#sync=30
 #init=/bin/init 3 n	# muser serial no rc.sys
-#init=/bin/sh		# singleuser sh
-#root=hda1 ro		# root hd partition 1 readonly
+#init=/bin/sash		# singleuser sh
+#root=df0
+#root=hda1 ro
 #kstack
 #strace
-#root=df0
 #debug net=ne0
 #console=ttyS0,19200 3
diff --git a/elkscmd/sys_utils/meminfo.c b/elkscmd/sys_utils/meminfo.c
index 965e362bd..1b31ad759 100644
--- a/elkscmd/sys_utils/meminfo.c
+++ b/elkscmd/sys_utils/meminfo.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void dump_heap(int fd)
 	word_t total_free = 0;
 	long total_segsize = 0;
 	static char *heaptype[] =
-        { "free", "SEG ", "DRVR", "TTY ", "TASK", "BUFH", "PIPE", "INOD", "FILE" };
+        { "free", "MEM ", "DRVR", "TTY ", "TASK", "BUFH", "PIPE", "INOD", "FILE", "CACH"};
 	static char *segtype[] =
         { "free", "CSEG", "DSEG", "DDAT", "FDAT", "BUF ", "RDSK" };
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void dump_heap(int fd)
                 segflags == SEG_FLAG_DDAT || segflags == SEG_FLAG_FDAT));
 		tty = (tag == HEAP_TAG_TTY || tag == HEAP_TAG_DRVR);
 		buffer = (tag == HEAP_TAG_SEG && segflags == SEG_FLAG_EXTBUF)
-            || tag == HEAP_TAG_BUFHEAD || tag == HEAP_TAG_PIPE;
+            || tag == HEAP_TAG_BUFHEAD || tag == HEAP_TAG_CACHE || tag == HEAP_TAG_PIPE;
 		system = (tag == HEAP_TAG_TASK || tag == HEAP_TAG_INODE || tag == HEAP_TAG_FILE);
 
 		if (allflag ||