How do you determine the amount of system memory?

[Stephen Ryan]

On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 15:20 -0400, Paul Lussier wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Recent Linux kernels have had a minor bug in that the amount of memory
> reported in /proc/meminfo is incorrect.  I'm trying to find a way to
> determine whether the amount reported is correct or not.
> 
> I need some means of reliably knowing whether this value is accurate
> or not.  Does anyone have any ideas?  "Physically looking" is
> insufficient, given that I a) need to test 400+ systems, and b) I may
> need to run this test on boxes to which I have no physical access.
> 
> Thanks.


dmidecode.  Look for sections titled "Memory Module Information".
-- 
Stephen Ryan
Programmer
Dartware, LLC