Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 00:28:50 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: hans@brandinnovators.com (Hans Zuidam) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootloader & memory test... Message-ID: <199612271358.AAA27921@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199612271048.KAA05227@truk.brandinnovators.com> from Hans Zuidam at "Dec 27, 96 10:48:59 am"
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Hans Zuidam stands accused of saying: > After about a year of sig-11 plague I decided to find exactly what was > wrong with the memory of my system and found a program called MemTest-86 > by Chris Brady. It is the only one that's indeed reporting errors, none > of the DOS based ones found anything! It looks interesting, indeed. It could do with some slightly more complex tests, but it certainly looks like a good start. > The memory test sets the CPU for flat 32 bit addressing and loads itself > to address 0x100. It uses the area from 0x0 to 0xFF as it's stack. Could > someone give me a hand (or pointers) to achieve the same using the FreeBSD > boot loader? Thanks in advance, The FreeBSD bootloader is _very_ different; you would be better off sticking with the code that's there. If nobody beats me to it, I'll have a look at cutting you a new Makefile tomorrow. > H. Zuidam E-Mail: hans@brandinnovators.com -- ]] 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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