In article <1992Sep14.150930.6781@trentu.ca> ccksb@trentu.ca (Ken Brown) writes:
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>I've just added 4MB to a DECstation 2100. The self test shows 16MB (the real physical amount). When the system boots (its a diskless client under ultrix 4.2) I see;
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>real mem = 16777216
>avail mem = 12529667
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>Does this mean the system is not utilizing 16MB? Can I confirm this?
>Thanks in advance...
The first number displays how much memory the kernel has found -
16 MB. The second number displays how much memory is available
for user processes. The difference between the two is the amount
memory the used by the kernel.
16777216 - 12529667 = 4247549
Which means that kernel is using just over 4 MB of memory.