Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 19:26:44 +0100 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Rob <rob@robhulme.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Putting my box through its paces... make world?!? Message-ID: <3A843664.DEE12169@i-clue.de> References: <LPBBLIHFHEKDFLJEBFJGCEGKCHAA.rob@robhulme.com>
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http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cutting-edge.html tells the whole story. If all you want is to stress-test memory and disks, # cd /usr/src # make buildworld will stress your system (but not the network interfaces). # make clean after the test will free disk space needed during the build process. HTH -Christoph Sold Rob schrieb: > > Hi, > > I've just replaced the memory on a co located server that I have because it > kept crashing with page faults and stuff... It was suggested before that it > might have been crashing because the memory was bad, and whenever there was > a lot of activity on the box it would crash... > > Now I've replaced the memory I'd like to really put it through its paces to > see if it crashes or not. > > I'm quite new to FreeBSD - but can I just: > > cd /usr/src > buildworld > > If I do this - it won't actually change any of the configuration of my > system will it? It won't replace any files (the kernel, etc...) - all it > will do is rebuild the source (but not install it) - right? > > Is this the right thing to do? > > Thanks > -Rob :0) > -------------------------------- > http://www.robhulme.com > http://www.christianunion.org.uk > -------------------------------- > Microsoft: "Where would you like to go to today" > Linux: "Where would you like to go tomorrow" > FreeBSD: "Hey,when are you guys going to catch up" > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Freundliche Grüße aus Waiblingen Christoph Sold -- Systemadministrator, i-clue GmbH, Endersbacher Str. 57, 71334 Waiblingen Fon: (0 71 51) 9 59 01-12, Fax: (0 71 51) 9 59 01-55, Mail: so@i-clue.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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