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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/

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