Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 16:00:29 +0200 From: Markus Hoenicka <markus.hoenicka@mhoenicka.de> To: David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: it keeps crashing and I don't know why Message-ID: <809311aa7e3c0e025ffd98fc1bd0f209@mhoenicka.de> In-Reply-To: <20140808135357.GA392@home.parts-unknown.org> References: <20140808132735.GA2102@home.parts-unknown.org> <524f159823ff336519ca97c9b2b57bed@mhoenicka.de> <20140808135357.GA392@home.parts-unknown.org>
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At 2014-08-08 15:53, David Benfell was heard to say: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 03:34:31PM +0200, Markus Hoenicka wrote: >> >> Are you sure the hardware is ok? > > No, I'm not sure. But if (see below) you think the memory is bad, it > seems to me that some Linux live CDs at least used to include a memory > test. > >> I'd first stick in a live CD or thumb >> drive of whatever OS you can get hold of and see what happens before >> blaming FreeBSD for these failures. Bad memory may cause similar >> symptoms. > > Anything else I can reasonably test while I"m on that live CD? Well, if memory corruption is a possible source of your problems, you'd better run memtest as Maxim suggested. Some Linux live CDs contain it anyway, see e.g. Knoppix. regards, Markus -- Markus Hoenicka http://www.mhoenicka.de AQ score 38
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