Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:51:18 +0000 From: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> To: Barry Pederson <bp@barryp.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange things going on with 4.8 Message-ID: <200308121551.18323.dgw@liwest.at> In-Reply-To: <3F370299.9080700@barryp.org> References: <200308102227.51564.dgw@liwest.at> <200308110040.56138.dgw@liwest.at> <3F370299.9080700@barryp.org>
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On Monday 11 August 2003 02:42, Barry Pederson wrote: > Daniela wrote: > > I used sysutils/memtest from the ports, and let it run over night. > > BTW, is there some kind of "operating system" that boots off a floppy and > > just tests the memory? That would be useful because memtest can't test > > all the memory. > > What other diagnostic software could I use? > > memtest86, from http://memtest86.com has floppy or ISO images that boot > and just test memory, pretty thoroughly. I tried it, but it fails. When I boot from the floppy, I see just a blinking cursor, and after five minutes or so, the machine reboots itself. Does that mean everything's broken? Daniela
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