Available memory

From: Temp Buck Account <buck_at_mcenroe.printrak.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 10:13:58 -0800 (PST)

I know that this was covered in some messages on this
group way back, but I don't seem to have saved anything
on the subject.

When OSF boots, it reports the following (on my machine) :

        physical memory = 64.00 megabytes.
        available memory = 55.03 megabytes.

What is the missing 9 MB used for ? Kernel ?
Is there a way to reduce this ?

When adding up the memory from the free / act / wired
columns of vmstat, I get 55 MB. Is this what I should get ?

Where is any of this described in the man pages, or bookreader
documentation ?


        Thanks in advance,

                Buck ( buck_at_printrak.com )
Received on Thu Feb 23 1995 - 13:13:45 NZDT