On Friday 29 March 2002 11:40 am, you wrote: > Ken Thompson wrote: > >>memtest-x86.bin is on your CD1 in the images directory and can be sent > >>to floppy with a dd and the floppy can be booted and run to test memory. > >> An initial 512 Mb may not show problems for quite a while, even running > >>linux. I had the unpleasant experience of negotiating a warranty return > >>on a 512M DDR recently, and my system would run for days then suddenly > >>reset without any indication in the logs of any temperature > >> conditions.... > >> > >>Civileme > > > >Civileme, > >Can you outline the operation to make a memtest bootable floppy for us? > >Thanks, > > > >
> 1. Put in CD1 > 2. Open a terminal window and su to root or su to root on your console > as the case may be > 3. Supermount may be working or not. If not, > > mount /mnt/cdrom > 4. Insert a floppy > 4. a. Optionally format the floppy with > > fdformat /dev/fd0u1440 > > (It's a necessity if you don't already have the floppy formatted) > > 4.b. > > dd if=/mnt/cdrom/images/memtest-x86.bin of=/dev/fd0 > > When the prompt comes back, remove the CD > > reboot > > and you will be running memtest. That is, of course assuming your > floppy is your first boot device or at least before the HDD or SCSI in > your chain of boot devices in your BIOS. > > Civileme Thanks, I wasn't sure if the dd of the .bin would make it bootable.. -- Ken Thompson, North West Antique Autos Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nwaa.com Sales and brokering of antique autos and parts. Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You Registered Linux User #183936
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