Re: FreeBSD Crashes with AMD

From: Scott Lambert (lambert_at_lambertfam.org)
Date: 01/06/04

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    Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 22:55:44 -0500
To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org

    On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 12:35:45PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
    > On Tuesday 06 January 2004 11:19, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
    > > do you know any good programs in "ports" that can test the ram chips?
    >
    > Try MemTest86
    > http://www.memtest86.com
    >
    > You make a boot floppy by downloading the zip file, and unpacking then run
    > dd if=memt86/memtest.bin of=/dev/fd0c conv=osync
    >
    > And boot with the floppy.

    Or, if you don't have a floppy drive, SuSE's v8 ftp install ISO has
    memtest86 as a boot option. I think the ISO is something like 20MB.

    I got it from LinuxISO.org but they only have the 9.0 ISO now. I don't
    know if memtest86 is on it. 

    -- 
Scott Lambert                    KC5MLE                       Unix SysAdmin
lambert@lambertfam.org      
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