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Date:      Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:26:23 -0500
From:      Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Noah <admin2@enabled.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: python-2.3.3 build failing
Message-ID:  <47FE3ABA-6889-11D8-8B21-003065ABFD92@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040226175856.M6910@enabled.com>
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On Feb 26, 2004, at 1:04 PM, Noah wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:03:07 -0500, Chuck Swiger wrote
>> Otherwise, try running sysutils/memtest for a day or so and see
>> whether it provokes your hardware into crashing, in which case you
>> should do the usual-- check cooling, swap memory and other
>> components, etc...
>
> okay thanks for the Heads up about this utility.  is there any issue 
> with
> running memtest on a production box?

If your hardware is fine, no.

If the memory has issues, it's likely that memtest will crash.  It's 
very unlikely but theoretically possible that memtest could stress bad 
hardware enough to produce other effects including a system panic, but 
that indicates a system so marginal that it would likely crash 
unexpectedly in other circumstances...

-- 
-Chuck



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