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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: bradhansen1 on April 03, 2019, 08:33:49 PM

Title: Where did my RAM go after upgrading to OS 3.1.4?
Post by: bradhansen1 on April 03, 2019, 08:33:49 PM

Hi all, I am running a stock A1200 at the moment and have just
upgraded to 3.1.4.  Strange before upgrading and after startup my
Amiga would have 1.2 mgs available.  Now I am only left with 725k,
where did the ram go and is it possible to get it back?
Truly appreciate any help.
Brad Hansen

Title: Re: Where did my RAM go after upgrading to OS 3.1.4?
Post by: Minuous on April 03, 2019, 08:44:48 PM

Assuming you have a Kickstart 3.1 ROM, the updated libraries are in RAM instead of running directly from ROM.

Title: Re: Where did my RAM go after upgrading to OS 3.1.4?
Post by: bradhansen1 on April 04, 2019, 02:17:41 AM

Hi and Thanks for chipping in but my Roms are 3.1.4 and not 3.1.
Now could you explain what you mean by the files are in my Ram disk?
Thanks,
Brad Hansen

Title: Re: Where did my RAM go after upgrading to OS 3.1.4?
Post by: Gulliver on April 04, 2019, 02:31:27 AM

@BradHansen1

On my stock A1200 with 3.1.4 kickstart I get about 1.4 MB free.

Is there something non standard in your A1200?
How many drives/partitions do you have? Which sizes? Do you use Fast File System or another one?

Title: Re: Where did my RAM go after upgrading to OS 3.1.4?
Post by: bradhansen1 on April 04, 2019, 06:30:51 PM

Gulliver, Thanks for hanging there. I don't think I am running anything unusual
on my Amiga. I do switch between SquirrelSCSI CDRom and a CF0:card and have
an IDE 4 gig drive but nothing else.  I run a 8 color Workbench at 672 x  271.
There is hardly anything in my Ram:ENV folder, so I am really at a total loss
as to where that ram is going...
Brad Hansen

Title: Re: Where did my RAM go after upgrading to OS 3.1.4?
Post by: bradhansen1 on April 04, 2019, 08:45:57 PM

Okay, so I was thinking that maybe some of my ram went bad.  I disconnected
my IDE drive and just loaded my system with 3.1.4 floppys and now I have 1.385 mgs free...
Go figure...
Brad Hansen

Title: Re: Where did my RAM go after upgrading to OS 3.1.4?
Post by: Gulliver on April 04, 2019, 09:01:27 PM

So then, now you know that there is something in your drive eating your ram.

Title: Re: Where did my RAM go after upgrading to OS 3.1.4?
Post by: bradhansen1 on April 05, 2019, 06:16:43 PM

Gulliver, Yes, but for the life of me I have no idea what it is.  Will be updating to BestWB
today when I come back from the dentist...
Brad Hansen

Title: Re: Where did my RAM go after upgrading to OS 3.1.4?
Post by: kolla on April 07, 2019, 07:20:21 PM

Filesystem buffers? What filesystem?

Title: Re: Where did my RAM go after upgrading to OS 3.1.4?
Post by: AndyFC on April 07, 2019, 07:40:28 PM

Could you use any of these apps to see what's using the memory?
http://aminet.net/search?query=Memory+use