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> I've often wanted to calculate the exact amount of physical memory installed in a system running Linux Why?

• p1necone 6y ago
  The obvious reason to me would be to make sure all your DIMMs are working.
  • qwerty456127 6y ago
    Should't code taking care of this better be a part of the kernel?
  • yencabulator 6y ago
    You're so, so, much better off booting into MemTest86+ when in doubt. "Reported existing by BIOS" definitely doesn't mean "working".