[CentOS] What is eating my memory?

Thu Aug 30 02:56:58 UTC 2007
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>

The tail of two systems and one hard drive.

I install centos 5 on a HD while it is in a Compaq with 256Mb memory.  
After install, i am in graphics mode (Gnome) and top reports not quite 
all 256Mb used.

Then I move the HD to a decTOP with 512Mb memory.  I am running 
non-graphics (init 3).  I ssh into the unit and top reports not quite 
all of that used.....

So what ate up more than 256Mb memory (X is not running)?

Perhaps there is something I did not clean up properly wrt the move.