Posts tagged as:

free command

UNIX / Linux: 2 Ways to Add Swap Space Using dd, mkswap and swapon

by Ramesh Natarajan on August 18, 2010

Question: I would like to add more swap space to my Linux system. Can you explain with clear examples on how to increase the swap space?

Answer: You can either use a dedicated hard drive partition to add new swap space, or create a swap file on an existing filesystem and use it as swap space.
(more…)

{ 4 comments }

How To Get Hardware Information On Linux Using dmidecode Command

by Ramesh Natarajan on November 10, 2008

[Mother Board]Photo courtesy of B Naveen Kumar

dmidecode command reads the system DMI table to display hardware and BIOS information of the server. Apart from getting current configuration of the system, you can also get information about maximum supported configuration of the system using dmidecode. For example, dmidecode gives both the current RAM on the system and the maximum RAM supported by the system.

This article provides an overview of the dmidecode and few practical examples on how to use dmidecode command.
(more…)

{ 8 comments }