From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 9 20:43:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA10506 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 20:43:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA10495 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 20:43:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id NAA29865; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:12:01 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199704100342.NAA29865@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 2.2.1R NFS and FTP load problem FOUND In-Reply-To: <19970407205133.25289@klemm.gtn.com> from Andreas Klemm at "Apr 7, 97 08:51:33 pm" To: andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:12:00 +0930 (CST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, dennis@etinc.com, hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andreas Klemm stands accused of saying: > > > > A good memory diagnostic is to boot the FreeBSD install; if it fails > > in 8M or more, you probably have flakey RAM. 8-). > > BSDI comes with a RAM tester as add on utiliy on the BSDI CD. > YOu can dd floppy image to floppy, boot from that floppy ... I tested a pile of RAM testers here at one stage while I was having a running brawl with our then-RAM supplier about some memory I knew was faulty. I didn't find a single one that would tell me the memory was busted, but it most certainly was. (They eventually relented, stuck it on their tester, said "oh, well it is actually stuffed" and replaced it. We shop elsewhere now.) > andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[