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On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 11:20:40PM -0500, Martin Cracauer wrote:
> For hardware testing, the best is ports/math/mprime
> 
> In combination with memtest86, because mprime doesn't sweep all RAM. 
> 
> If you have several processors, be sure to run several instances of
> mprime (requires copying the whole mprime directory).
> 
> Martin
> -- 

	Ah, thanks for the tip on mprime.  Would the odds of touch more
	RAM improve if I ran several nstatiations of mprime at once, 
	perhaps each differently nice'd?

	gary


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