Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 01:55:03 +0100 (WET DST) From: kim@dde.dk (Kim Andersen) To: pechter@shell.monmouth.com (Bill/Carolyn Pechter) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: memory problem -- anyone have a FreeBSD memory test Message-ID: <9609030055.AA08713@edaqal-ws> In-Reply-To: <199609022013.QAA21348@shell.monmouth.com> from "Bill/Carolyn Pechter" at Sep 2, 96 04:13:47 pm
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> Anyone have a memory test recommendation that works short of a hardware > memory test. I remember FreeBSD 1.5 pulled out errors on my wife's box > that were causing crashes under OS/2 and SIG11's under Linux. > > I sure miss minicomputers with real memory controllers with memory > address registers that latch parity errors and report the address. > I sure miss BSD on a Vax that reported the ECC location and correction bits... Having just been to memory error country I can understand your frustrations. There's a linux memory testprogram somewhere on sunsite.unc.edu called memtest86-1.1.tar.gz. It even includes src. Quite nice, it just need a proper OS :-) regards kim
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