Re: memtest

[servis@purdue.edu]

*-Lawrence (22 Jul)
| E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
| > > what would happen if I use a number bigger than your, e.g. 67108865 or
| > > even 70000000?
| > 
| > Swapping.  This will happen already if you use an amount as big as your
| > memory, because it is quite likely that you use at least some part of
| > your physical memory.  If you go beyond your physical + swap size, the
| > program will hopefully be terminated if it tries to use all of it.  Just
| > try it : )
| 
| other than the memtest, is there any other (better) program I can use to
| test the memory?
| 

There is program memtest86 for x86 arch's in the hwtools package.  It
is actually a disk image that you copy to a floppy and it runs from the
floppy on a reboot.  Read /usr/doc/hwtools/memtest86.README.gz for
instructions.  I don't know if it is better but it something else to
try.

Brian 
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