Re: memtest crashes with too much RAM
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Klaus Knopper
<debian-knoppix@knopper.net> wrote:
> Hello Andrew,
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 01:58:18PM -0400, Andrew wrote:
>> Dear Klaus et al,
>>
>> This is not really a Knoppix-specific problem, but memtest is one of the
>> most useful parts of Knoppix for me. I was delighted that the 64-bit
>> kernel in 6.4.4 was recognizing memory in excess of 3.25 GB, but I am very
>> disappointed that memtest is still crashing.
>
> I fetched memtest directly from the upstream website,
> http://www.memtest.org/ , and did not change anything. Maybe we need a
> different vesion for >= 4GB?
on the actual Knoppix-CD KNOPPIX_V6.7.0CD-2011-08-01-EN.iso memtest
Version is 3.5-a,
AFAIK v3.5 supports >= 4GB.
on memtest.org they claim: latest version : 4.20
And they claim as well, that now new hardware like sandybridge, i7
etc. is supported. I guess _this_ is the problem of Andrew's crashes.
@Andrew: For running memtest on state of the art machines, you might
consider to download always the _newest_ bootable CD from memtest.org
Regards
Dieter
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