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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Alejandro Lieber wrote:

> I transferred my 10Mby BL3 loop to hda2 in a 8Mbytes 486DLC.
> MidNight Commander and Mutt are included. No X.
>
>
> These are the results:
>
>                             Loop            hda2
>
> Loading time              22 secs          17 secs
> Free (used)               6052 Kbytes      3596 Kbytes
>      (free)                980 Kbytes      3436 Kbytes
>
> It seems that working in loop, nearly 2500 Kbytes more memory is
> required.
>
> ---------------------
> Ing. Alejandro Lieber
> Rosario     Argentina

This is very surprising.  I may try it myself on my computer with 8MB RAM 
but if I have a 20MB loop file do I also need a 20MB linux partition or 
could it be 5MB as a test (my hard drive is crowded)?  It will make an 
even bigger difference on the computer with 3MB RAM, which runs linux in 
much less than 6052 Kbytes.  I wonder how you are using so much - was this 
measured as soon as you logged in by hitting Enter?