On Sun, 10 May 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just a very quick note... > AFAIK memtest86 (GREAT Program....) > is in hwtools package not sysutils (at least it is in hamm > I dunno about bo but I would assume that it is the same) > BTW a tip... > I have seen tohers do it (and I did it myself..) > I added this to lilo.conf: > image=/boot/memtest86.bin > label=memtest > works real nice ;) > -Steve
I have used memtest86, and It is a wondrous toy :) but I am confused as to why it will not work with my new motherboard... I have tried disabling options in the BIOS... but no luck? Can anyone help? > On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 04:02:19PM +0200, Florian Hinzmann wrote: > > > > On 07-May-98 C.J.LAWSON wrote: > > > A while ago someone posted information (or was it a website) on a program > > > that can be used to detect intermittent RAM failure which may be missed > > > by the bios. > > > I would be grateful if anyone with this or similar information could mail > > > it to me (or better post it to the list) > > > > There is a simple program named 'memtest' in > > the debian package 'sysutils'. It is startable > > from within a shell. > > > > There is a tool called 'memtest86' in package > > 'hwtools'. It seems to be a bit more complicated, > > but I've not tried it yet. > > > > If someone knows more memory-checking programs > > I would be very happy to receive a short mail. > > > > > > Greetings, > > Florian > > > > > > --- > > Florian Hinzmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > NEW PGP-Key fingerprint: DD 61 74 34 04 FB 8A BD 43 54 83 38 0C 82 EF B1 > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > ** Stephen Carpenter ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** > "We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and > to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful > and his children smart." > -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) > Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WinErr: 013 Reserved for future mistakes of our developers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian GNU/Linux.... Ooohh You are missing out! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]