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Date:      Mon, 5 Jan 2004 22:55:44 -0500
From:      Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Crashes with AMD
Message-ID:  <20040106035543.GA45109@www.lambertfam.org>
In-Reply-To: <200401061235.45331.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
References:  <3FF94B54.4050605@ispro.net.tr> <20040105175557.W9356@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> <3FFA0601.9060009@ispro.net.tr> <200401061235.45331.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>

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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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