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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: how much ram?
Date: 8 Apr 1997 09:26:24 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <334979B7.111D@platinum.com>,
Brian Clapper <clapper@platinum.com> writes:
> Curt Finch wrote:
>
>> is there a command to tell you how much ram exists in a freebsd machine?
>
> dmesg | head -10
>
> ought to get you a quick enough answer.
Unless you've had so many kernel messages that dmesg doesn't see the
startup stuff. This is quite rare though.
> ----
> Brian Clapper, clapper@platinum.com
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !