Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:56:09 +0100 From: ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com> To: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange things going on with 4.8 Message-ID: <200308122256.09757.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <200308121551.18323.dgw@liwest.at> References: <200308102227.51564.dgw@liwest.at> <3F370299.9080700@barryp.org> <200308121551.18323.dgw@liwest.at>
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On Tuesday 12 August 2003 4:51 pm, Daniela wrote: > 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 > Try... 1) Reformating the floppy 2) Padding the data to blocksize gamma# dd if=precomp.bin of=/dev/fd0 conv=sync 164+1 records in 165+0 records out 84480 bytes transferred in 4.017066 secs (21030 bytes/sec) HTH -- ian j hart Quoth the raven, bite me! Salem Saberhagen (Episode LXXXI: The Phantom Menace)
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