Free Memory

[plrsmith]

Dear All

I am confused about the reporting of free memory on my linux box.

dmesg: confirms I have 1Gb installed
top: shows 1Gb Total Memory
Using Webmin "Running Processes" shows 1Gb Total Memory
free: however shows Total memory 2Gb

Can anyone tell me why "free" reports double the RAM size?

Thanks in advance

Peter

[Slim Odds]

How big is your swap space?

It's probably the total virtual memory space.

[plrsmith]

Thank you. For some reason free is now reporting the correct vallue