> Chuck Robey wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Haulmark, Chris wrote: > > > > > >>Someone broke the silence: > >> > >> > >>>On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:05:53PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >>> > >>>>Jonathon McKitrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>This is what I get from make buildworld. I've gotten signal 10, > >>>>>11, and now 5. > >>>>> > >>>>>Is this bad memory? > >>>> > >>>>That's a reasonable guess, but the only way to tell for sure is to > >>>>test it. > >>> > >>>Is there a port to do this, or do I have to take it out and take it > >>>somewhere else to get it tested? > >>> > >>>jm > >> > >>sysutils/memtest in the ports. > > > > > > I don't want to embarrass anyone here, but something needs to be said. > > Note this next sentence carefully: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A WORKING > > MEMORY TEST PROGRAM!!! > > What about the BIOS RAM test? I mean the counter that you can interrupt with > the ESC key, at the beginning of the boot process? Will that reliably indicate > problems with the RAM, or is that test also rubbish?
That just tests that the RAM is accessible (ie, electrical interface is sound). -- Matt Emmerton _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
