From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Feb 15 7:13: 0 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84FC937B401 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2003 07:12:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51C8943F75 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2003 07:12:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h1FFBqlD065060; Sat, 15 Feb 2003 16:12:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.7/8.12.7/Submit) id h1FFBqcp065059; Sat, 15 Feb 2003 16:11:52 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 16:11:52 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Wes Peters Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , "Daniel O'Connor" , Erick Mechler , FreeBSD Stable List Subject: Re: ECC memory error reporting Message-ID: <20030215161152.B65022@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20030214070641.GV20271@techometer.net> <20030214135928.A2869@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200302141653.54888.wes@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200302141653.54888.wes@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 04:53:54PM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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" 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