Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:03:40 -0300 From: "Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira" <lioux@uol.com.br> To: Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net> Cc: Dan <dphoenix@bravenet.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: memtest Message-ID: <20010808130340.A2557@Fedaykin.here> In-Reply-To: <20010807230957.A92450@databits.net>; from petef@databits.net on Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 11:09:35PM -0400 References: <20010807200245.F25640-100000@gandalf.bravenet.com> <20010807230957.A92450@databits.net>
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On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 11:09:35PM -0400, Pete Fritchman wrote: > ++ 07/08/01 20:03 -0700 - Dan: > | cd /usr/ports/sysutils/memtest;make install;memtest all > | > | core dump. > | just thought i would let author know. > > >From memtest(1): > > memtest takes the first supplied argument as the amount of > memory to test. The value 'all' means to test all > available memory. However, the value 'all' may not work on > all systems, so a specific amount of memory might have to > be specified. A specific amount of memory can be supplied > as a number, followed by a letter to indicate units: > ... > > memtest appears to be working on my system when I specify a specific > amount of memory, but I also observe a core dump with 'all'. Yeah, the author tried to investigate this but said he could not reproduce this problem and did not have an up to date FreeBSD machine to test it on. I was hoping for an updated version of memtest. My best mark has been testing about 64Mb. Regards, -- Mario S F Ferreira - UnB - Brazil - "I guess this is a signature." lioux at ( freebsd dot org | linf dot unb dot br ) flames to beloved devnull@someotherworldbeloworabove.org feature, n: a documented bug | bug, n: an undocumented feature To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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