*-Lawrence (22 Jul) | 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? |
There is program memtest86 for x86 arch's in the hwtools package. It is actually a disk image that you copy to a floppy and it runs from the floppy on a reboot. Read /usr/doc/hwtools/memtest86.README.gz for instructions. I don't know if it is better but it something else to try. Brian -- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null