any way to tell memory config of a machine?
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
chad at shire.net
Sat May 21 10:00:39 PDT 2005
On May 21, 2005, at 8:52 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad at shire.net> writes:
>
>
>> I was wondering if there was any way to tell the memory configuration
>> of a server running FBSD 5 (while running). By this I mean: can I
>> tell if 2GB is 2x1GB or 4x512MB etc? Obviously I can shut it down
>> and either look at the BIOS or physically look inside, but I would
>> rather not do that.
>>
>
> With most systems, there is no way to do this. On many, there isn't
> even a way for the BIOS to tell...
Assuming the BIOS knows (it lists the memory config on boot by slot),
is there a FreeBSD utility that will get the info from the BIOS for me?
Thanks
Chad
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