[ltp] Memory management

[chris christensen]

Linux seems to know how much memory I have. HardDrake displays
18776Kb/97696Kb then it shows total 97MB, Used 41MB, Free 18MB, Shared 0MB ,
Buffers 11MB Cached 30MB.

What I can't understand is why it is caching 30MB. Will Linux not use all
memory above 64 uncached?

I should think ( hope) that this would run faster than Windows on the same
machine even with KDE.

Chris Christensen

PS: The BIOS update from IBM amy indeed be working, becuase Linux does seem
to be seeing all the memory, maybe just not using it optimally. OR is it?

Chris Christensen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Cytacki" <scott@artandmusic.org>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [ltp] Memory management


> Check out http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/tp600lnx.htm
> Look under the Memory section.  To summarize: you have to tell linux how
> much mem you have.
> But check out the link for the details.
>
> Also of interest: the latest bios for the 600x claims to fix this
> problem.
> I haven't tried it yet.
>
> Scott
>
>
> On 11 Mar 2001 08:52:01 -0600, chris christensen wrote:
> > On my TP600 I've notice that everything above 64 megs of memory is
cached. I
> > have 96 installed and I  noted 97228 during the insstall. Linux only
> > detected 64.  Is this typical of how Linux handles memory?
> >
> > Running Mandrake seems a bit slower than Win 98 on the other partition.
> >
> > Chris Christensen
> >
> >
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