On Thu, 5 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> I am having memory problems I added the statement append=mem=128M" to my
> lilo.conf and it won't recognise it.
> Here is my lilo.conf file:
> <snip>
> image=/boot/linux-2.2.12
> label=linux
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
> read-only
> root=/dev/hda2
> append=" mem=128M"
>
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=dos
>
> Here is my readout from free
>
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 127820 124748 3072 28396 9212 50796
> - -/+ buffers/cache: 64740 63080
> Swap: 401616 2288 399328
>
> I think I should definately have more 3 Megs free !
> What is wrong here ?
> Larry<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
I don't see the problem. You are showing 127820K total (plus what the
kernel is using...) Discounting memory used for buffers, you are using
64740K,, and have 63080K free. You are also using 2288K of swap space,
out of a total of 401616K, leaving 399328K of swap free. You might want
to use the -m option of free to display usage in Megs, instead of K...
One other point - Linux uses almost all of the otherwise unused memory
for disk buffers. So on any system that has had much activity, the
amount of free memory shown in the first total line will be small. This
is because Linux is not wasting the memory. The second total line shows
what is being used by programs, and how much is free for program use.
Looking at your usage, you probably have X and Netscape running - you
are using a fair amount of memory...
Mikkel
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for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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