> Whilst we're on the subject, this has also happened with various other 
> programs. Could it be because of a lack of RAM?

How much swap do you have configured? I compiled my kernel with 32MB of RAM,
and I have another 128MB of swap. I like big swap allocations, since you'll
never know when you'll need them or when a memory leak will ruin your day.

> The machine only has 
> 8MB, and NetBSD only uses about half that:
> 
> total memory = 8192 KB
> avail memory = 3860 KB
> 
> How can I get all 8MB to be used?

How are you getting this figure?

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