From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 21 17:10:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 552F516A4CE for ; Sat, 21 May 2005 17:10:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from galaxy.systems.pipex.net (galaxy.systems.pipex.net [62.241.162.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D56A543D7E for ; Sat, 21 May 2005 17:10:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark.cullen@dsl.pipex.com) Received: from [10.0.0.251] (81-178-105-181.dsl.pipex.com [81.178.105.181]) by galaxy.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C019E00023C; Sat, 21 May 2005 18:10:11 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <428F6B57.7050602@dsl.pipex.com> Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 18:09:43 +0100 From: Mark Cullen User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" References: <8124D4F3-3F79-4C42-B16E-7E617A5AA7D1@shire.net> <44wtpsocmk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <6088332B-290F-467A-81ED-9379E0EAD6EA@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <6088332B-290F-467A-81ED-9379E0EAD6EA@shire.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Lowell Gilbert cc: bsd Subject: Re: any way to tell memory config of a machine? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 17:10:18 -0000 Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > On May 21, 2005, at 8:52 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > >>"Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" writes: >> >> >> >>>I was wondering if there was any way to tell the memory configuration >>>of a server running FBSD 5 (while running). By this I mean: can I >>>tell if 2GB is 2x1GB or 4x512MB etc? Obviously I can shut it down >>>and either look at the BIOS or physically look inside, but I would >>>rather not do that. >>> >> >>With most systems, there is no way to do this. On many, there isn't >>even a way for the BIOS to tell... > > > > Assuming the BIOS knows (it lists the memory config on boot by slot), > is there a FreeBSD utility that will get the info from the BIOS for me? > > Thanks > Chad > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Try 'dmidecode' in ports. /usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode :) Works for me... *snip snip* Handle 0x0006 DMI type 6, 12 bytes. Memory Module Information Socket Designation: BANK_0 Bank Connections: 0 1 Current Speed: 70 ns Type: DIMM SDRAM Installed Size: 64 MB (Single-bank Connection) Enabled Size: 64 MB (Single-bank Connection) Error Status: OK Handle 0x0007 DMI type 6, 12 bytes. Memory Module Information Socket Designation: BANK_1 Bank Connections: 2 3 Current Speed: 70 ns Type: DIMM SDRAM Installed Size: 64 MB (Single-bank Connection) Enabled Size: 64 MB (Single-bank Connection) Error Status: OK Handle 0x0008 DMI type 6, 12 bytes. Memory Module Information Socket Designation: BANK_2 Bank Connections: 4 5 Current Speed: 70 ns Type: Unknown Installed Size: Not Installed Enabled Size: Not Installed Error Status: OK Handle 0x0009 DMI type 6, 12 bytes. Memory Module Information Socket Designation: BANK_3 Bank Connections: 6 7 Current Speed: 70 ns Type: Unknown Installed Size: Not Installed Enabled Size: Not Installed Error Status: OK *snip snip*