Re: box freezes after upgrade to woody

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Rudy" == Rudy Gevaert <rudy@zeus.rug.ac.be> writes:

    Rudy> On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 06:02:34PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad
    Rudy> wrote:

    >> Try the hwtools package - it has a memmxtest that some people
    >> say is pretty good at this sort of thing.

    Rudy> It is an pentium pro and memmxtest doesn't support that
    Rudy> (says the manual).

    Rudy> If I find the time I'll apt-get a new kernel (never did
    Rudy> that).

Sorry. Brain fart on my part, I meant

        apt-get install memtest86

and

        apt-get install sysutils

which have two memory testers. Of course,look in your system log for
messages. If you are lucky, you might see a clue about what went wrong
just before the crash.

Cheers!
Shyamal