Run "free" and see if the total memory listed is near 64 megs. This will also tell you how much swap is being used. Honestly, I'm surprised by the comparison to Win95, and it makes me wonder what Linux apps you are running that use so much memory. At 01:16 PM 7/29/99 -0400, Daniel MacLaren wrote: >how can i tell if my system is recognizing all of my memory? i have 64MB >of ram and a 70MB swap partition, but linux is a lot harder on my drive >than is win95. ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"--- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, CA 94303-3603 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------