RE: [MiNT] Usage of ST-RAM

[Jo-Even.Skarstein@gjensidige.no]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Thomas Binder [SMTP:gryf@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de]
> Sent:	Sunday, May 09, 1999 11:05 PM
> To:	mint@fishpool.com
> Subject:	Re: [MiNT] Usage of ST-RAM
> 
> Hi!
> 
> On Sun, May 09, 1999 at 01:29:16PM +0000, Petr Stehlik wrote:
> > crond, inetd, portmap, sld, vconsd
> > 
> > All those programs do have the "Load to TT-RAM" bit set. So why are they
> > in ST-RAM?
> 
> Even if you re-run them manually? One reason for this might be that at
> the time these programs were run the largest free block of memory (which
> is used for the TPA for every program run via standard Pexec()-modes)
> was in ST-RAM, not in Alternate RAM.
> 
This *could* be it if init.prg or sh (if loaded into alt. RAM) does not
Mshrink() properly, or otherwise hog a huge amount of RAM. Petr, what
happens if you force these two to load to ST-RAM?

Jo Even Skarstein