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To: Mark <admin@asarian-host.net>
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Subject: Re: Memory test?
References: <200211291228.GATCSZI18555@asarian-host.net>
From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
Date: 01 Dec 2002 07:47:33 -0500
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Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> writes:

> I just did a makeshift memory stress test on a new machine; that is, I did a
> "make buildworld". Regrettably, it failed, saying it had a sytax error
> somewhere. :(
> 
> So, I ran it again; and this time it went fine; then I reinstalled FreeBSD
> 4.7 altogether, and rebuilt world again. And, again, no problems.
> 
> This is a bit worrysome. Does FreeBSD even notice bad memory? Would the
> kernel put a message in /var/log/messages? It did not show anything there
> when buildworld failed.

I'm not sure what you're getting at.  You've seen just one failure,
and it is of a type that is highly unlikely to be memory-related.

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