On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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 ?
>
Nothing. Linux just uses most of the available RAM for
caching. If it is needed, it will release the memory.
Unlike Windows which does NOT cache in memory, you can
expect to see most of your ram "used up" in linux.
For example, I have 192 megs of RAM on my system here...
and here's MY system's "free":
[john@slave1 john]$ free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 192628 189344 3284
63604 74552 43204 -/+ buffers/cache:
71588 121040 Swap: 131652 172 131480
John
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