From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 21 17:17:47 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 12E6116A4CE for ; Sat, 21 May 2005 17:17:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3AC343DA3 for ; Sat, 21 May 2005 17:17:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.43) id 1DZXbd-000Hz3-TD; Sat, 21 May 2005 11:17:46 -0600 In-Reply-To: <428F6B57.7050602@dsl.pipex.com> References: <8124D4F3-3F79-4C42-B16E-7E617A5AA7D1@shire.net> <44wtpsocmk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <6088332B-290F-467A-81ED-9379E0EAD6EA@shire.net> <428F6B57.7050602@dsl.pipex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Message-Id: <0886D6F5-15FF-4729-A933-4CCFB56E002F@shire.net> From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 11:17:44 -0600 To: Mark Cullen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40 autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1+cvs (built Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:44:05 -0700) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) cc: bsd List 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 17:17:47 -0000 On May 21, 2005, at 11:09 AM, Mark Cullen 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). > > Try 'dmidecode' in ports. /usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode :) > great, thanks, seems to work. And it confirmed my worst fears -- my 2GB is 4 x 512MB :-( I thought that was the case but was not sure. I need to upgrade it to 4GB and cannot reuse any of the existing since it only has 4 DIMM slots :-( Again, many thanks -- this worked fine Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net