From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 19:57:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23F0F16A494 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 19:57:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (www.unsane.co.uk [85.233.185.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3652643EC8 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 19:54:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from [10.0.0.100] (crayfish.unsane.co.uk [10.0.0.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.13.7/8.13.3) with ESMTP id kB6Jssqa002205 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 6 Dec 2006 19:54:54 GMT (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <45771FF0.6020107@unsane.co.uk> Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:54:24 +0000 From: Vince Hoffman User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061024) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: patrick References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any way to tell what the RAM configuration is? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:57:39 -0000 patrick wrote: > I'm wondering if there's any way in FreeBSD (4.x on i386) to tell what > the RAM configuration in the system is? ie. Can it show me if I have > four 256MB modules versus two 512MB's? Obviously it would be possible > to just open up the computer and see for my self, I'm hoping I can > save myself a trip and wrecking an uptime of 670 days. :) I think http://freebsd.rambler.ru/bsdmail/freebsd-questions_2005/msg18034.html has an answer you can use. (basicly try usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode) this dumps the bios info in a readable form, just look for the memory module information. worked for me Handle 0x0007, DMI type 5, 20 bytes Memory Controller Information Error Detecting Method: None Error Correcting Capabilities: None Supported Interleave: One-way Interleave Current Interleave: One-way Interleave Maximum Memory Module Size: 4096 MB Maximum Total Memory Size: 8192 MB Supported Speeds: 70 ns 60 ns 50 ns Supported Memory Types: DIMM SDRAM Memory Module Voltage: 2.9 V Associated Memory Slots: 2 0x0008 0x0009 Enabled Error Correcting Capabilities: None Handle 0x0008, DMI type 6, 12 bytes Memory Module Information Socket Designation: DIMM0 Bank Connections: 0 1 Current Speed: 75 ns Type: DIMM Installed Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection) Enabled Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection) Error Status: OK Handle 0x0009, DMI type 6, 12 bytes Memory Module Information Socket Designation: DIMM1 Bank Connections: 2 3 Current Speed: 75 ns Type: DIMM Installed Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection) Enabled Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection) Error Status: OK > > Thanks, > > Patrick > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"