Subject: Re: Amount of free memory?
To: None <jmarin@muikku.jmp.fi>
From: None <mikeb@snow.datametrics.com>
List: amiga
Date: 10/07/1994 16:07:32
>
>How does one examine the amount of free memory (phys/virtual)?
>
>top and all other commands give wrong results.  What kernel variables
>should I query for _correct_ free memory status?  I have 16+60 megs
>in the system, but top always says I have only a few megs free which
>can't be true as I can still allocate >10 megs of memory.
>
>Any ideas?
>
I haven't looked too closely at top on NetBSD amiga yet... is it showing
that you phys free is low (which is typical) or the swap is low (this
shouldn't be), or both? The free memory field on the top on SCO only
represents physical free memory. Try running vmstat for the swap stuff.