Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:57:52 -0800 (PST) From: "Nicole Harrington." <nicole@unixgirl.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> Subject: Re: Recommended addition to FAQ (Troubleshooting) Message-ID: <XFMail.000218115752.nicole@unixgirl.com> In-Reply-To: <200002181937.LAA08849@mina.sr.hp.com>
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On 18-Feb-00 Darryl Okahata wrote:
> "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> 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
>
Every "good" software based memory tester I have ever used took so long to
tell me anything I could have gone to the store, bought more memory, and
swapped it before it was done.
I don't think adding it to the ports tree would be bad for those who are
desperate, but deffinatly list it as a "basic" memory tester.
Nicole
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>
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