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Re: 128MB RAM - Does Linux recognize it all?
- To: Noam Meltzer <tsnoam(at-nospam)myself.com>
- Subject: Re: 128MB RAM - Does Linux recognize it all?
- From: Ilya Konstantinov <linux-il(at-nospam)future.galanet.net>
- Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 21:55:26 +0200
- Cc: Linux IL <linux-il(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il>
- In-Reply-To: <3A3133FE.2060701@myself.com>; from tsnoam@myself.com on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:18:22PM +0200
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On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:18:22PM +0200, Noam Meltzer wrote:
> Hello!
> I have 128MB RAM and I have the feeling that Linux doesn't use it all.
> How can I confirm my fear, or show I'm wrong (and yes, I added the line append="mem=128M" in the lilo.conf)
Run 'free'.
Read the disk a lot. It should all go into buffers, I think.
Run 'free' again.
Or use one of the memory-heavy applications (Netscape Navigator
after few hours would do). Or just leak memory with a looping
perl app e.g.:
perl -e 'for (1..10000000) { push @x, 1; }; <>;'
(Be careful with the number of loops, leaking all RAM can make
your machine very irresponsive :)
--
Best regards,
Ilya Konstantinov
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