Subject: Re: RAM and memory
To: SamMaEl <rimsky@teleport.com>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/12/1997 09:46:58
SamMaEl wrote:
> 
> 
> 	Hmm... is there a way to see how much of your free RAM is being
> used at any given time under NetBSD? I am curious... because I want to
> know how much it takes for the system to start swapping memory out to the
> swap space... and wondering how urgent my need is for more RAM ;-) Thanks! 

Well, for built-in stuff, try 'vmstat', or better yet 'systat vmstat'.  I
find 'top' works pretty well, too, but you'll have to find a copy which
supports NetBSD 1.3 and compile it (I think the packages system includes
such a version).

Hope this helps.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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