Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 13:20:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cat /dev/mem | wc -c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905031320000.20321-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990503143124.424A-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>
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On Mon, 3 May 1999, Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > Sometime ago, I found on the web that I can use the special device > /dev/mem to determine the amount of physical memory the machine has. So I > run the following command: > > # date; cat /dev/mem | wc -c ; date > > But it seems to run forever (at least hours). Is there something wrong? /dev/mem is a bit nutty. Use sysctl hw.physmem instead. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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