On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 06:47 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > At 06:39 AM 2/28/2006, Karanbir Singh wrote: > >Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >>I am stuck in my Scalix install. It checks for 512Mb memory. At > >>some point I am suppose to get the extra memory, but for now I am > >>stuck at 256Mb. > >>Is there some system value that I can set so that the installer is > >>led to believe there is 512Mb of memory, so I can at least get this > >>stuff installed? > > > >you have the wrong list ? maybe go ask the Scalix people.... > > Oh, I am asking there. Here I am asking a more 'general' question. > > How do apps determine the system memory, and can they be 'fooled' by > changing some variable or other? ---- assuming that the memory it is looking for is not physical memory but rather 'total memory'... see the man page for swapon Craig