Re: utility for testing ram?

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 18:05:48 -0300

In message <90701432901@linux2.americasnet.com>, Ricardo Kleemann writes:
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| Anyone know of a utility to extensively test a system's ram, in order to
| determine whether the ram has any faults?
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The best thing I've ever found to test memory to destruction is Linux, with
OS/2 a close second. :-} Boot Linux and do a full kernel compile, if your
memory is at all flaky the compile *will* die with a signal.

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brandon s. allbery	[os/2][linux][solaris][japh]	 allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
system administrator	     [WAY too many hats]	   allbery@ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering					 KF8NH
carnegie mellon university






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