On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 12:25, Alex Hunsley wrote: > A while ago I was having trouble installing linux on a certain machine. I > tried windows to see if it might also have problems - it did, crashing > frequently. An attempt last night to re-install linux failed - I got quite > far, selected which packages to install, and machine just hung during > installing the packages (it hung on a message about "uncompressing > ncurses-term"). > Can anyone suggest good ways to test my hardware for defects? I know about > memtest86 - I'll be running those tests - but are there any other good testing > suites out there? Preferably linux based and bootable from a floppy...
How about reducing the machine to the bare minimum, including disabling non-critical functions in the BIOS, and re-installing. That will eliminate dodgy hardware, unless the DIMM you use is the problem. If it still pukes, yank that DIMM and put in a new one. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | You ask us the same question every day, and we give you | | the same answer every day. Someday, we hope that you will | | believe us... | | Donald Rumsfeld, to a reporter | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
