You need to use the following commands to see installed memory and other information such as installed CPU can be displayed:[donotprint]
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Difficulty | Easy (rss) |
Root privileges | No |
Requirements | None |
Time | 2m |
a) dmesg command – Display the OpenBSD system message buffer including boot time info.
b) sysctl command – Display or set the OpenBSD system sysctl (kernel) variables.
Method #1: Display real and user installed memory on OpeBSD
Type the following command:
# dmesg | grep -i mem
OR
# grep -i mem /var/run/dmesg.boot
Sample outputs:
real mem = 3500277760 (3338MB) avail mem = 3398483968 (3241MB)
Method #2: OpenBSD show installed RAM memory size
Type the following command
sysctl hw | grep mem
OR
sysctl | grep -i hw.\*mem
Sample outputs:
hw.physmem=3500277760 hw.usermem=3500253184
Or simply get full hardware info, type:
sysctl hw
Sample outputs:
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Or just type: sysctl -a | grep -i memory
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