Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 16:11:52 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, Erick Mechler <emechler@techometer.net>, FreeBSD Stable List <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ECC memory error reporting Message-ID: <20030215161152.B65022@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200302141653.54888.wes@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 04:53:54PM -0800 References: <20030214070641.GV20271@techometer.net> <xzp7kc3s4ll.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030214135928.A2869@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200302141653.54888.wes@softweyr.com>
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 04:53:54PM -0800, Wes Peters wrote: > On Friday 14 February 2003 04:59, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 08:28:54AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > > "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> writes: > > > > Bit clunky, but it does the job (well.. I haven't seen any ECC errors > > > > so it's hard to be sure :) > > > > > > Try sprinkling some iron filings onto your motherboard, just to make > > > sure it works 8) > > > > Alternatively find a surplus hospital Cobalt-60 radiation therapy > > unit. That should give you nice random soft errors on the memory > > Or take the machine to Moab for the weekend, that's where a lot of > the Cobalt-60 comes from. It's a lovely place, and you come back > with a nice tan whether the sun shines or not. Moab.. that reminds me of funny colored heaps of debris, with a fence that had yellow warning signs on them. Could not read that from the road, so stopped and use the telephoto lens to take a closer look. Basically said something like "radioactive waste, don't stop, keep driving'. Which I did.. That the place you mean? W/ -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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