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Date:      Sun, 05 Sep 2004 12:45:18 -0500
From:      "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Markie <mark.cullen@dsl.pipex.com>
Subject:   Re: Swap file errors on 4 GB drive.
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.2.20040905124250.0549ed00@209.152.117.178>
In-Reply-To: <00ec01c49323$db3f3e70$f800000a@laptop>
References:  <5.1.0.14.2.20040905013129.098d09f0@209.152.117.178>

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At 03:39 9/5/2004, Markie wrote:
>|----- Original Message -----
>|From: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com>
>|To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
>|Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 7:36 AM
>|Subject: Swap file errors on 4 GB drive.
>|
>
>|Hi folks,
>|
>
>Hi
>
>|I tried to install FreeBSD 4.9 on a computer with
>|a 4 GB drive, but it killed the kernel when it
>|got a swap file error.
>|
>
>I have it installed on a 4GB drive.
>
>|I put in an 8 GB drive an everything went smoothly.
>|
>
>Perhaps your 4GB drive had bad sectors?

Well, it tested fine with Hitachi's drive fitness test:
http://www.HitachiGST.com/hdd/support/download.htm

What other ways are there to test drives?=20

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