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Message from Steven
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> /($) free
>          total     used     free    shared   buffers
> Mem:     31088     21456    9632    664      17556
> Swap:        0         0       0
> Total:   31088     21456    9632

Most of the 21456 is currently being used for buffers.   

> except that when I start from DOS using HD.BAT, 

Is HD.BAT a typographical error?  The DOS version 
usually runs from BOOT.BAT.

> the "used" figure is 4500 instead of 21456.  

When "used" is 4500, what is the "buffers" value?

Cheers,
Steven