Re: memtest

[Alexander <vulture@abac.com>]

Hi...

Uhhhhh, then it isn't a reliable memory test, is it?

Heh, I guess that's what the BIOS memory test is for!

Alex

On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:

> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 17:16:38 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: "E.L. Meijer (Eric)" <tgakem@sg10.chem.tue.nl>
> To: debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: memtest
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> > 
> > Gary L. Hennigan wrote:
> > > 
> > > Lawrence <ychim@ForeverMail.com> writes:
> > > | I want to test my 256megs but can't figure out arguments.  Can anyeone
> > > | tell me the proper command line arguments to run the memtest?
> > > 
> > > Oops! Right after I sent that first reply I noticed my error. I used
> > > bytes instead of bits. That calculation should've been:
> > > 
> > > ((256*1024^2)*8)/32 = 67108864
> > > 
> > > memtest 67108864 <n>
> > > 
> > > where <n> = the number of iterations you want to perform should do the
> > > trick.
> > > 
> > > Sorry for the mistake in the first message.
> > > 
> > > Gary
> > 
> > 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 : )
> 
> Eric
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