Re: Detecting amount of memory?
"Callahan, Tom" <[email protected]>
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You could do memGB=$(echo "($memKB/1024)/1000"|bc) That would seem to work based on your numbers On 12/21/10 7:18 AM, "Patrick Lists" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I trying to create a kickstart script on CentOS 5.5 that installs an RPM > depending on the amount of memory in the box. For example if the box has >> = 6GB memory then install RPM2 else install RPM1. With some Googling I > now have the following snippet: > > %pre > memKB=$(free|grep Mem|awk '{print$2}') > memGB=$(echo "($memKB/1024)/1024"|bc) > BIGMEM="" > if [ "$memGB" -ge 6 ]; then > BIGMEM="6GB" > fi > > %post > yum install foobar$BIGMEM-1.0-1.rpm > > The problem is that on a box with 6GB memory this snippet says it does > not have 6GB mem: > > memKB = 6123716 KB > memGB = 5 GB > > Anyone know what I am doing wrong? > > Thanks! > Patrick > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > -- Tom Callahan Technology, Development and Services (TDS) 410-229-1361 Tel 410-229-1512 Fax [email protected] Visit TESSCO.com <http://www.tessco.com/> TESSCO Your Total Source® for Everything Wireless Network Infrastructure Equipment <http://www.tessco.com/products/productHierarchy.do?supertab=L01> | Mobile Devices & Accessories <http://www.tessco.com/products/productHierarchy.do?supertab=L02> | Installation, Test, Equipment & Supplies <http://www.tessco.com/products/productHierarchy.do?supertab=L03>