Re: ITP: memtest86

["Marcelo E. Magallon" <mmagallo@debian.org>]

>> Bradley Bell <btb@master.debian.org> writes:

 > memtest86 is a standalone memory tester, bootable from floppy or hard disc
 > partition.  Good thing to use when adding memory, or before performing a
 > fresh install.
 > 
 > home page is: http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86/
 > license is GPL

 you mean like the one here:

 Package: hwtools
 Status: install ok installed
 Priority: optional
 Section: utils
 Installed-Size: 338
 Maintainer: Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com>
 Version: 0.7-1
 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.2)
 Suggests: sysutils, hdparm, debconf, scsitools
 Conffiles:
  /etc/init.d/hwtools ffcffa9ee12383d39523ecbd9e395f5c
 Description: Collection of tools for low-level hardware management
  This package is a collection of tools useful for hardware
  troubleshooting and optimization (for ix86 machines):
  .
   irqtune: adjusts priority of interrupts (improves serial performance),
   scanport: scans for hardware not already handled by Linux drivers,
   memtest86: a real mode memory test,
   memmxtest: another real mode memory test, but with MMX support.
  .
  Be aware that these tools require some knowledge of what are they
  doing to be used properly, not causing damage to your system.
 
 Please close the corresponding bug, if any.


                                    Marcelo