Re: Use of Swap Space

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 01/31/2009 03:27 PM, Nuno Magalhães wrote:
> > Try to run `free' to get a more detailed break up (or even "cat
> > /proc/meminfo").
>
> Running free -g on my system returns 3. I have 4.
> Running cat /proc/meminfo returns 4030668KB, which is 3.84GB according

That's 4030668*1024 = 4,127,404,032.

> to onlineconversion, closer. Does RAM also have a sort of FAT?

4GB = 4,294,967,296.

So, where's the missing 167,563,264 bytes?  (I.e. 40,909 4KB pages.)

> It seems as though free won't return the accurate size.

Of course it does.  "We", though, aren't kernel hackers or h/w 
gurus, so are left in the dark.

--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

"I am not surprised, for we live long and are celebrated poopers."