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Posted: Dec. 23 2007,12:23 QUOTE
Are you getting that usage number from the desktop display? or from executing free?

If I've noticed things correctly, the desktop display is only showing the OS usage; as if the OS were HD installed.

free seems to read the system completely.

I haven't asked, so please understand that what I'm stating is conjecture.
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Posted: Dec. 23 2007,14:19 QUOTE
The desktop meter doesn't show full usage, because DSL in toram mode copies all files to a tmpfs mount in ram.
Tmpfs lives in caches, and the desktop meter doesn't show cache or buffer usage, just what your apps use.

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Posted: Dec. 23 2007,14:23 QUOTE
Toram mode works with a technical minimum of 76mb (3mb for kernel + 5mb for initrd + 2mb for init/other always-running processes + 50mb data + 16mb ram for text mode usage), but this would not leave much ram to your apps, or be enough for X. It starts to really be usable at 128mb.

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