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  • Subject: Re: [BL] HD boot = 4x greater ram usage?
  • Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:05:29 +1200

Message from Steven
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> is it the case that BL3 will release buffer
> memory as it is needed for other uses?

Yes.

> when i boot into DOS and run BOOT.BAT to boot BL3
> from the /baslin folder on my DOS partition, I get:
> used 4492, free 26596, buffers 2052.

The buffer value is much less for the DOS version
because it runs on a small filesystem (20mb loopfile).
I assume the ext2 partition you are using for BL3 is
much larger than that.

Cheers,
Steven




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