Below I put the /proc/ files wanted ... before HD mount ... after HD mount ... when the memory problem occur ... and ... then when I umount HD!!! The .config of the kernel is here: http://www.rictec.com.br/claudio/coyote/kernel-2.4.30/config-224-ide /proc/meminfo total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: Mem: 31453184 5816320 25636864 0 0 2674688 Swap: 0 0 0 MemTotal: 30716 kB MemFree: 25036 kB MemShared: 0 kB Buffers: 0 kB Cached: 2612 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 1360 kB Inactive: 1276 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 30716 kB LowFree: 25036 kB SwapTotal: 0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB /proc/slabinfo slabinfo - version: 1.1 kmem_cache 56 72 108 2 2 1 ip_conntrack 3 11 336 1 1 1 tcp_tw_bucket 0 40 96 0 1 1 tcp_bind_bucket 2 203 16 1 1 1 tcp_open_request 0 59 64 0 1 1 inet_peer_cache 0 0 48 0 0 1 ip_fib_hash 13 203 16 1 1 1 ip_dst_cache 8 24 160 1 1 1 arp_cache 3 40 96 1 1 1 blkdev_requests 1536 1560 96 39 39 1 dnotify_cache 0 0 20 0 0 1 file_lock_cache 0 0 92 0 0 1 fasync_cache 0 0 16 0 0 1 uid_cache 0 0 32 0 0 1 skbuff_head_cache 189 198 176 9 9 1 sock 18 27 864 2 3 2 sigqueue 0 29 132 0 1 1 kiobuf 0 0 64 0 0 1 cdev_cache 238 312 48 4 4 1 bdev_cache 1 59 64 1 1 1 mnt_cache 10 59 64 1 1 1 inode_cache 853 872 464 107 109 1 dentry_cache 850 875 112 25 25 1 filp 83 105 112 3 3 1 names_cache 0 2 4096 0 2 1 buffer_head 100 560 96 5 14 1 mm_struct 13 27 144 1 1 1 vm_area_struct 162 240 80 4 5 1 fs_cache 12 113 32 1 1 1 files_cache 13 18 416 2 2 1 signal_act 14 18 1296 5 6 1 size-131072(DMA) 0 0 131072 0 0 32 size-131072 0 0 131072 0 0 32 size-65536(DMA) 0 0 65536 0 0 16 size-65536 0 0 65536 0 0 16 size-32768(DMA) 0 0 32768 0 0 8 size-32768 0 1 32768 0 1 8 size-16384(DMA) 0 0 16384 0 0 4 size-16384 0 0 16384 0 0 4 size-8192(DMA) 0 0 8192 0 0 2 size-8192 0 1 8192 0 1 2 size-4096(DMA) 0 0 4096 0 0 1 size-4096 4 4 4096 4 4 1 size-2048(DMA) 0 0 2048 0 0 1 size-2048 94 94 2048 47 47 1 size-1024(DMA) 0 0 1024 0 0 1 size-1024 21 24 1024 6 6 1 size-512(DMA) 0 0 512 0 0 1 size-512 28 32 512 4 4 1 size-256(DMA) 0 0 256 0 0 1 size-256 115 120 256 8 8 1 size-128(DMA) 0 0 128 0 0 1 size-128 521 540 128 18 18 1 size-64(DMA) 0 0 64 0 0 1 size-64 88 118 64 2 2 1 size-32(DMA) 0 0 32 0 0 1 size-32 262 339 32 3 3 1 /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /dev/root / tmpfs rw 0 0 /proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 /proc/swaps Filename Type Size Used Priority After mounting ... /proc/meminfo total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: Mem: 31453184 5771264 25681920 0 32768 2678784 Swap: 0 0 0 MemTotal: 30716 kB MemFree: 25080 kB MemShared: 0 kB Buffers: 32 kB Cached: 2616 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 1388 kB Inactive: 1280 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 30716 kB LowFree: 25080 kB SwapTotal: 0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB /proc/slabinfo slabinfo - version: 1.1 kmem_cache 56 72 108 2 2 1 ip_conntrack 3 11 336 1 1 1 tcp_tw_bucket 0 40 96 0 1 1 tcp_bind_bucket 2 203 16 1 1 1 tcp_open_request 0 59 64 0 1 1 inet_peer_cache 0 0 48 0 0 1 ip_fib_hash 13 203 16 1 1 1 ip_dst_cache 5 24 160 1 1 1 arp_cache 1 40 96 1 1 1 blkdev_requests 1536 1560 96 39 39 1 dnotify_cache 0 0 20 0 0 1 file_lock_cache 0 0 92 0 0 1 fasync_cache 0 0 16 0 0 1 uid_cache 0 0 32 0 0 1 skbuff_head_cache 249 264 176 12 12 1 sock 18 27 864 2 3 2 sigqueue 0 29 132 0 1 1 kiobuf 0 0 64 0 0 1 cdev_cache 238 312 48 4 4 1 bdev_cache 2 59 64 1 1 1 mnt_cache 11 59 64 1 1 1 inode_cache 868 872 464 109 109 1 dentry_cache 864 875 112 25 25 1 filp 83 105 112 3 3 1 names_cache 0 2 4096 0 2 1 buffer_head 144 560 96 5 14 1 mm_struct 11 27 144 1 1 1 vm_area_struct 145 240 80 4 5 1 fs_cache 10 113 32 1 1 1 files_cache 11 18 416 2 2 1 signal_act 12 18 1296 4 6 1 size-131072(DMA) 0 0 131072 0 0 32 size-131072 0 0 131072 0 0 32 size-65536(DMA) 0 0 65536 0 0 16 size-65536 0 0 65536 0 0 16 size-32768(DMA) 0 0 32768 0 0 8 size-32768 0 1 32768 0 1 8 size-16384(DMA) 0 0 16384 0 0 4 size-16384 0 0 16384 0 0 4 size-8192(DMA) 0 0 8192 0 0 2 size-8192 0 1 8192 0 1 2 size-4096(DMA) 0 0 4096 0 0 1 size-4096 4 4 4096 4 4 1 size-2048(DMA) 0 0 2048 0 0 1 size-2048 100 100 2048 50 50 1 size-1024(DMA) 0 0 1024 0 0 1 size-1024 22 24 1024 6 6 1 size-512(DMA) 0 0 512 0 0 1 size-512 28 32 512 4 4 1 size-256(DMA) 0 0 256 0 0 1 size-256 169 180 256 12 12 1 size-128(DMA) 0 0 128 0 0 1 size-128 521 540 128 18 18 1 size-64(DMA) 0 0 64 0 0 1 size-64 87 118 64 2 2 1 size-32(DMA) 0 0 32 0 0 1 size-32 266 339 32 3 3 1 /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /dev/root / tmpfs rw 0 0 /proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt vfat rw 0 0 /proc/swaps Filename Type Size Used Priority The problem occur!!!! Look memory free!!!! /proc/meminfo total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: Mem: 31453184 29626368 1826816 0 77824 22487040 Swap: 0 0 0 MemTotal: 30716 kB MemFree: 1784 kB MemShared: 0 kB Buffers: 76 kB Cached: 21960 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 2060 kB Inactive: 19996 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 30716 kB LowFree: 1784 kB SwapTotal: 0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB /proc/slabinfo slabinfo - version: 1.1 kmem_cache 56 72 108 2 2 1 ip_conntrack 11 11 336 1 1 1 tcp_tw_bucket 0 40 96 0 1 1 tcp_bind_bucket 2 203 16 1 1 1 tcp_open_request 0 59 64 0 1 1 inet_peer_cache 0 0 48 0 0 1 ip_fib_hash 13 203 16 1 1 1 ip_dst_cache 3 24 160 1 1 1 arp_cache 1 40 96 1 1 1 blkdev_requests 1536 1560 96 39 39 1 dnotify_cache 0 0 20 0 0 1 file_lock_cache 0 0 92 0 0 1 fasync_cache 0 0 16 0 0 1 uid_cache 0 0 32 0 0 1 skbuff_head_cache 334 352 176 16 16 1 sock 18 27 864 2 3 2 sigqueue 0 29 132 0 1 1 kiobuf 0 0 64 0 0 1 cdev_cache 238 312 48 4 4 1 bdev_cache 2 59 64 1 1 1 mnt_cache 11 59 64 1 1 1 inode_cache 898 904 464 113 113 1 dentry_cache 894 910 112 26 26 1 filp 83 105 112 3 3 1 names_cache 0 2 4096 0 2 1 buffer_head 38920 38920 96 973 973 1 mm_struct 11 27 144 1 1 1 vm_area_struct 145 240 80 4 5 1 fs_cache 10 113 32 1 1 1 files_cache 11 18 416 2 2 1 signal_act 12 18 1296 4 6 1 size-131072(DMA) 0 0 131072 0 0 32 size-131072 0 0 131072 0 0 32 size-65536(DMA) 0 0 65536 0 0 16 size-65536 0 0 65536 0 0 16 size-32768(DMA) 0 0 32768 0 0 8 size-32768 0 1 32768 0 1 8 size-16384(DMA) 0 0 16384 0 0 4 size-16384 0 0 16384 0 0 4 size-8192(DMA) 0 0 8192 0 0 2 size-8192 0 1 8192 0 1 2 size-4096(DMA) 0 0 4096 0 0 1 size-4096 4 4 4096 4 4 1 size-2048(DMA) 0 0 2048 0 0 1 size-2048 106 108 2048 53 54 1 size-1024(DMA) 0 0 1024 0 0 1 size-1024 22 24 1024 6 6 1 size-512(DMA) 0 0 512 0 0 1 size-512 28 32 512 4 4 1 size-256(DMA) 0 0 256 0 0 1 size-256 247 255 256 17 17 1 size-128(DMA) 0 0 128 0 0 1 size-128 521 540 128 18 18 1 size-64(DMA) 0 0 64 0 0 1 size-64 87 118 64 2 2 1 size-32(DMA) 0 0 32 0 0 1 size-32 270 339 32 3 3 1 /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /dev/root / tmpfs rw 0 0 /proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt vfat rw 0 0 /proc/swaps Filename Type Size Used Priority HD umounted!!!! Look memory free!!!! /proc/meminfo total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: Mem: 31453184 9744384 21708800 0 0 2678784 Swap: 0 0 0 MemTotal: 30716 kB MemFree: 21200 kB MemShared: 0 kB Buffers: 0 kB Cached: 2616 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 1364 kB Inactive: 1272 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 30716 kB LowFree: 21200 kB SwapTotal: 0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB /proc/slabinfo slabinfo - version: 1.1 kmem_cache 56 72 108 2 2 1 ip_conntrack 2 22 336 1 2 1 tcp_tw_bucket 0 40 96 0 1 1 tcp_bind_bucket 2 203 16 1 1 1 tcp_open_request 0 59 64 0 1 1 inet_peer_cache 0 0 48 0 0 1 ip_fib_hash 13 203 16 1 1 1 ip_dst_cache 3 24 160 1 1 1 arp_cache 1 40 96 1 1 1 blkdev_requests 1536 1560 96 39 39 1 dnotify_cache 0 0 20 0 0 1 file_lock_cache 0 0 92 0 0 1 fasync_cache 0 0 16 0 0 1 uid_cache 0 0 32 0 0 1 skbuff_head_cache 337 352 176 16 16 1 sock 18 27 864 2 3 2 sigqueue 0 29 132 0 1 1 kiobuf 0 0 64 0 0 1 cdev_cache 238 312 48 4 4 1 bdev_cache 1 59 64 1 1 1 mnt_cache 10 59 64 1 1 1 inode_cache 853 904 464 107 113 1 dentry_cache 850 910 112 25 26 1 filp 83 105 112 3 3 1 names_cache 0 2 4096 0 2 1 buffer_head 100 38920 96 5 973 1 mm_struct 11 27 144 1 1 1 vm_area_struct 145 240 80 4 5 1 fs_cache 10 113 32 1 1 1 files_cache 11 18 416 2 2 1 signal_act 12 18 1296 4 6 1 size-131072(DMA) 0 0 131072 0 0 32 size-131072 0 0 131072 0 0 32 size-65536(DMA) 0 0 65536 0 0 16 size-65536 0 0 65536 0 0 16 size-32768(DMA) 0 0 32768 0 0 8 size-32768 0 1 32768 0 1 8 size-16384(DMA) 0 0 16384 0 0 4 size-16384 0 0 16384 0 0 4 size-8192(DMA) 0 0 8192 0 0 2 size-8192 0 1 8192 0 1 2 size-4096(DMA) 0 0 4096 0 0 1 size-4096 4 4 4096 4 4 1 size-2048(DMA) 0 0 2048 0 0 1 size-2048 106 110 2048 53 55 1 size-1024(DMA) 0 0 1024 0 0 1 size-1024 21 24 1024 6 6 1 size-512(DMA) 0 0 512 0 0 1 size-512 28 32 512 4 4 1 size-256(DMA) 0 0 256 0 0 1 size-256 247 255 256 17 17 1 size-128(DMA) 0 0 128 0 0 1 size-128 521 540 128 18 18 1 size-64(DMA) 0 0 64 0 0 1 size-64 87 118 64 2 2 1 size-32(DMA) 0 0 32 0 0 1 size-32 270 339 32 3 3 1 /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /dev/root / tmpfs rw 0 0 /proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 /proc/swaps Filename Type Size Used Priority