> > E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > > > what would happen if I use a number bigger than your, e.g. 67108865 or > > > even 70000000? > > > > Swapping. This will happen already if you use an amount as big as your > > memory, because it is quite likely that you use at least some part of > > your physical memory. If you go beyond your physical + swap size, the > > program will hopefully be terminated if it tries to use all of it. Just > > try it : ) > > other than the memtest, is there any other (better) program I can use to > test the memory?
Generally kernel compiles are regarded as real stress tests for the memory system. If you can do a `make clean; make -j 8 zImage' several times without getting any signal 11 errors, your memory is very probably OK. (the -j option specifies how many jobs will run in parallel; 8 may be a bit too much) Eric -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null