Subject: Re: 'free' and 'top' question
From: Jack Valois (jvalois@pacbell.net)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2000 - 19:54:22 MST
on 3/1/00 6:15 PM, Robert Fout at rfout@mahi.damien.edu wrote:
> How's come free (and top) show my machine as having 124 MB of RAM, when it
> has 128 MB? I noticed that RHL 6.1 does the same thing, shows that the
> machine has less RAM that what it actually has).
>
> I'm using YDL CS 1.1 on a B&W G3/400 rev. 2.
>
> free and top with DR3 on an 8100/80 shows the 'correct' amount of RAM, so
> why the diff with YDL and RHL?
>
I'm not exactly sure, but I bet it has something to do with one being a new
world ROM machine and the other is not. My guess would be that OF is
changing the amount of ram stored in the device tree.
Jack
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