Thanks Willy for your reply.. In this context will you please help me understand/give some pointer to understand the various field in the output of /proc/meminfo!! Anticipation and regards, Abu. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs