Hi... Uhhhhh, then it isn't a reliable memory test, is it?
Heh, I guess that's what the BIOS memory test is for! Alex On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 17:16:38 +0200 (MET DST) > From: "E.L. Meijer (Eric)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: memtest > Resent-Date: 21 Jul 1998 15:16:54 -0000 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > > > > Gary L. Hennigan wrote: > > > > > > Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > | I want to test my 256megs but can't figure out arguments. Can anyeone > > > | tell me the proper command line arguments to run the memtest? > > > > > > Oops! Right after I sent that first reply I noticed my error. I used > > > bytes instead of bits. That calculation should've been: > > > > > > ((256*1024^2)*8)/32 = 67108864 > > > > > > memtest 67108864 <n> > > > > > > where <n> = the number of iterations you want to perform should do the > > > trick. > > > > > > Sorry for the mistake in the first message. > > > > > > Gary > > > > 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 : ) > > Eric > > -- > E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 > Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 > Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null