I did hit up on the limit or rather beyond it. I cannot open either php manual chm file or the mobi converted version in fbreader.
I tried to create swapfile, but no mkswap in the iliad.
Can I use mkswap from a normal linux dist like fedora on the dd'd file on the cf?
Also..been noticing memory usage..freshly started iliad shows about 18mb free. but on using mrxvt, leafpad, abiword(trying to start it), and a few other activities and finally back to only mrxvt shows up free mem to be only 2-5 mb.
any chance of memory leaks here?

I did a ps -eaf of the initial and final processes and could not find any significant diff.