Re: Memory Checker (RAM)
On Sun, 10 May 1998 sjc@gis.net wrote:
> Just a very quick note...
> AFAIK memtest86 (GREAT Program....)
> is in hwtools package not sysutils (at least it is in hamm
> I dunno about bo but I would assume that it is the same)
> BTW a tip...
> I have seen tohers do it (and I did it myself..)
> I added this to lilo.conf:
> image=/boot/memtest86.bin
> label=memtest
> works real nice ;)
> -Steve
I have used memtest86, and It is a wondrous toy :) but I am confused as to
why it will not work with my new motherboard... I have tried disabling
options in the BIOS... but no luck?
Can anyone help?
> On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 04:02:19PM +0200, Florian Hinzmann wrote:
> >
> > On 07-May-98 C.J.LAWSON wrote:
> > > A while ago someone posted information (or was it a website) on a program
> > > that can be used to detect intermittent RAM failure which may be missed
> > > by the bios.
> > > I would be grateful if anyone with this or similar information could mail
> > > it to me (or better post it to the list)
> >
> > There is a simple program named 'memtest' in
> > the debian package 'sysutils'. It is startable
> > from within a shell.
> >
> > There is a tool called 'memtest86' in package
> > 'hwtools'. It seems to be a bit more complicated,
> > but I've not tried it yet.
> >
> > If someone knows more memory-checking programs
> > I would be very happy to receive a short mail.
> >
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Florian
> >
> >
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