Re: memory errors with >64MB RAM

Aaron Tiensivu (tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu)
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:50:24 -0500


> So I wrote my own test program using a random numbers as test pattern.
> This program detect errors in Bit 2
> on certain addresses. If I test with constant patterns no errors occur!

For shits and giggles, try memtest86 which should be on sunsite/metalab.
Very good program to find memory errors and it uses some of the linux
bootup code to do the dirty work to boot up. (You make a floppy image with it)

--
Which is worse, ignorance or apathy? Who knows? Who cares?
Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer.
Got Alpha?

- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/