Real and Free Memory

[Marc Olzheim]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 11:42:57AM +0300, zkan KIRIK wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i am trying to measure free memory and real memory.
> 
> but values at dmesg.boot and sysctl  are diffrent.
> 
> # cat /var/run/dmesg.boot | grep real
> real memory  = 268435456 (256 MB)
> 
> # sysctl vm.vmtotal  | grep Real
> Real Memory:            (Total: 232792K Active 122448K)
> 
> As above, values are not equal,
> so that, i cant trust the Free Memory value that sysctl gives.
> 
> how can i get right values?

sysctl hw.physmem

Zlo
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