Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:12:00 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm) Cc: terry@lambert.org, dennis@etinc.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2.1R NFS and FTP load problem FOUND Message-ID: <199704100342.NAA29865@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <19970407205133.25289@klemm.gtn.com> from Andreas Klemm at "Apr 7, 97 08:51:33 pm"
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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 [[
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