#: 9688 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    05-Mar-91  05:45:06
Sb: #9687-#Memory at 3am
Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
To: DAVID DE FEO 71630,721 (X)

Dave - gee, you sound like an expert !  Yes, I think you found your
missing memory.

The 237 is different from 207.  207 means not enuf RAM left in the whole
system.  237 means there's no room left in the system 64K map.

In the case of format, that meant there was not enuf system ram (SMap) left to
allocate for the necessary 6K+ track format data buffer.

That's a toughie, there, and I think we all run into it... especially with the
large bootfiles we now have.  Only solution: either kill off some shells, or do
formatting when you first boot up ;-).

PS: is /r0 inside your 512K?  If so, it makes more sense to merge and preload
any commands, instead of storing them on internal ramdisk... as loading and
executing them means you're using twice the RAM!  Ramdisks make more sense for
data only under OS9.  best - kev

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