Re: Memory tester for powerpc?
I have an article that, in part, discusses some memory and burn-in
tools, including memtester. See:
Using Test Suites to Validate the Linux Kernel
http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk/articles/testsuites/
Scroll down to "Test the Basic Health of Your System".
Note that while you might be able to test your RAM by plugging it into a
x86 box and running memtest86 on it, it is a better test to test it in
the machine that you're concerned about. That's because this will also
test your CPU, your motherboard, memory controller and so on.
I have a Pentium III box that I'm pretty sure has flaky cache memory
aboard the CPU. I wouldn't have found that had I tested the memory in
another machine. (One reason I'm pretty sure if this is that I put all
new memory in it, and got identical test failures).
Mike
On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 00:06, Russell Hires wrote:
> Just so I can be sure it's not my RAM causing my kernel oopses, is there a
> utility for testing RAM in Linux? I know that there is one in the x86 world
> that can test memory, but in the powerpc world...???
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