Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:58:51 +0100 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Aaron Burke <aburke@nullplusone.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Pranav A. Desai" <pdesai1@cs.uh.edu> Subject: Re: How to get detailed information on the RAM in the system? Message-ID: <20030108115851.GD209@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <NGBBLCIHCLNJAIGIFFHJIEEEDBAA.aburke@nullplusone.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0301071342560.350-100000@themis.cs.uh.edu> <NGBBLCIHCLNJAIGIFFHJIEEEDBAA.aburke@nullplusone.com>
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--kfjH4zxOES6UT95V Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 03:55:05AM -0800, Aaron Burke wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Pranav A. Desai > > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 11:47 AM > > To: FreeBSD Questions > > Subject: How to get detailed information on the RAM in the system? >=20 > It shows you if you type dmesg. Its just below the processor info. > CPU: Pentium/P55C (233.86-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin =3D "GenuineIntel" Id =3D 0x543 Stepping =3D 3 > Features=3D0x8001bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,MMX> > real memory =3D 67108864 (65536K bytes) Although useful info, that's not what he asked, see below: > > Is there a way to find out how many memory modules are in a > > machine e.g. whether it is 2*1G=3D2G or 4*512M=3D2G of RAM. I dont have > > physical access to the machine. To my knowledge that's not possible, because the hardware sees all available RAM as one giant pool. At least on all desktop-class PCs I've seen (there m= ay be server-type motherboards that can do this, but I don't know about any standard to query this). --Stijn --=20 "An adult is a child who has more ethics and morals, that's all." -- Shigeru Miyamoto --kfjH4zxOES6UT95V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+HBJ7Y3r/tLQmfWcRAnJeAJ4scZs3ZFBEW2L4q0guc9bISUu1hACdFzRf ugW5wvph2KhdNX3gMGNMiSk= =OG9d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kfjH4zxOES6UT95V-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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