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Date:      Tue, 4 Feb 2003 08:04:10 +0100
From:      Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz>
To:        Doug Reynolds <mav@wastegate.net>
Cc:        Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1044669751.969bbb@mired.org>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Determining Ram
Message-ID:  <20030204070410.GG393@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
In-Reply-To: <20030204044422.73BD248463@wastegate.net>
References:  <15933.52662.836585.531311@guru.mired.org> <20030204044422.73BD248463@wastegate.net>

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# mav@wastegate.net / 2003-02-03 23:44:06 -0500:
> On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 20:02:30 -0600, Mike Meyer wrote:
> 
> >In <3E3DBFAE.BDCF0D25@djl.co.uk>, David Larkin <David.Larkin@djl.co.uk> typed:
> >> Dragoncrest wrote:
> >> >         I've got a rather odd question, but I'm looking for the easiest way to
> >> > determin how much ram I have on a given system without rebooting it.  I'm
> >> > sure that there is some kind of console command that tells me that info,
> >> > but I have no idea where to begin looking to find out.  Does anybody
> >> > know?  Thanks.
> >> use the command dmesg
> >
> >It may no longer be available there. The dmesg at boot time is
> >preserved in /var/run/dmesg.boot. The information should be there,
> >even if it's gone from dmesg.
> 
> thats is kinda of odd, is that with 5.0-release?
> 
> any clues on why?

    RELENG_4 does this, too. the system message buffer is not of
    infinite length.

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