On Tue, 27 May 2008 12:17:22 +0200 Jérémy Bobbio <lunar@debian.org> wrote: > This tester runs independently of any OS - it is run at computer > boot-up, so that it can test *all* of you memory. You may want to > look at `memtest' (in package `sysutils'), which allows to test > your memory within Linux, but this one won't be able to test your > whole RAM. > > I think I do prefer to encourage people to use the proper tools than > to provide a less than accurate test in the installer main menu. I think what he is thinking of is having memtest in the syslinux menu on the CD. That would be just like running a memtest bootdisk except that it'd be an option on the install cd. Which would be useful (unless it's already there and I missed it). Regards, Daniel -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore GnuPG Key Fingerprint 86 F5 81 A5 D4 2E 1F 1C http://gnupg.org No more sea shells: Daniel's Weblog http://cshore.wordpress.com
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