From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 18 11:38:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from atlrel2.hp.com (atlrel2.hp.com [156.153.255.202]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34A7037BA25; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:37:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from postal.sr.hp.com (postal.sr.hp.com [15.4.46.173]) by atlrel2.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCB4FF01; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 14:37:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com (root@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by postal.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17190)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id LAA05460; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:37:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id LAA08849; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:37:32 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200002181937.LAA08849@mina.sr.hp.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recommended addition to FAQ (Troubleshooting) Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:10:38 PST." <79456.950901038@zippy.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:37:32 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: > I've used all kinds of software memory checkers, from "CheckIt" to > highly proprietary packages that cost even more money, and the only > thing they managed to convince me of is that swapping in known-good > memory is the best and fastest way out of these situations. Unless I'll second this. I've had memory problems in the past, and every memory checker I used said that the memory was good. Only by swapping out the bad memory (I don't have access to an hardware memory checker) was I able to fix my problems. -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message