dmesg just gets you the most recent kernel messages. To get your bootup kernel messages on RHAT, look at /var/log/dmesg. On bootup RHAT does
dmesg >/var/log/dmesg However, a better view of memory is available at /proc/meminfo Jon On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Jianping Zhu wrote: > I want to use dmesg to check how much memory is on my redhat 7.3 machine. > i user > dmesg | more > but get > > cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! > cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! > cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! > --- > --- > cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! > cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! > > what is wrong with it? > Thanks > -------------------------------- > Jianping Zhu > Department of Computer Science > Univerity of Georgia > Athens, GA 30602 > Tel 706 5423900 > -------------------------------- > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list