From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Sat Jun 17 13:06:56 2006
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53E9816A47B
	for <questions@freebsd.org>; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:06:56 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com)
Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk
	[195.188.213.5])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E288243D45
	for <questions@freebsd.org>; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:06:55 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com)
Received: from [172.23.170.136] (helo=anti-virus01-07)
	by smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52)
	id 1FraVq-0006GO-O9; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 14:06:54 +0100
Received: from [82.41.32.90] (helo=[192.168.0.2])
	by asmtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.52)
	id 1FrYJo-0002UX-UB; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:46:20 +0100
Message-ID: <4493DD7C.7000205@dial.pipex.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:46:20 +0100
From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-GB; rv:1.7.13) Gecko/20060515
X-Accept-Language: en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Matthew Navarre <mnavarre@cox.net>
References: <DED9F0AB-B6A7-4769-8EB9-DD5D9F9AC094@cox.net>	<44936624.80801@ywave.com>	<FBE35CFE-4BE6-4028-8603-55EA6A7A4E0D@cox.net>
	<604B4E55-3436-4AAC-9703-8021C1F1D485@cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <604B4E55-3436-4AAC-9703-8021C1F1D485@cox.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Cc: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Random panics on FreeeBSD 6.0
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:06:56 -0000

Matthew Navarre wrote:

>
>
>
> * Usage:
> *
> * 1) Insert blank floppy
> * 2) dd if=/usr/local/share/memtest86/floppy.bin of=/dev/fd0
> * 3) Boot the floppy
>
> which would be all well and good if this machine actually had a  
> damned floppy drive.
>
> C'mon kids. Let's catch up to the late 90's....

Google for memtest86, go to the website for memtest86+ and download the 
ISO, burn to CD.  The freebsd port is just out-of-date.

Might be better done from a reliable PC :-)

--Alex