How do you determine the amount of system memory?

[Thomas Charron]

On 7/16/08, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> 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.

  Are you talking about a real bug, or the fact that meminfo only
reports non kernel memory?

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-- Thomas