Re: memtest86+ on UEFI

2023-12-02 Thread Max Nikulin
On 03/12/2023 02:15, Stefan Monnier wrote: Interesting. I have memtest86+ 6.10-4, for amd64, on the machine. Then AFAIK it is not a known problem (IOW, it should work). The package contains /boot/memtest86+x64.efi, so it is intended to work with UEFI. I am less sure that it can work when

memtest86+ on UEFI (was: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router)

2023-12-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Interesting. I have memtest86+ 6.10-4, for amd64, on the machine. Then AFAIK it is not a known problem (IOW, it should work). > Maybe I'll try a USB stick version. IIRC the memtest86+ Debian package comes with .iso files which you can (manually) put into /boot/images/ and whic

Re: memtest86 (solved)

2023-09-20 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 09:10 Tom Browder wrote: > Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned > it on a CDROM disk. > Finally tested all my memory modules using a recent system rescue cd and its memtest86+. One bad module out of four. Sending bad mo

Re: memtest86

2023-09-18 Thread Anssi Saari
Stefan Monnier writes: > Of course the `.com` version won't push all its own caveats in your > face, that would go against its own commercial interests. Indeed. Like a feature it has might not work due to other reasons. For example, I bought the memtest86 pro since I wanted to use the ECC

Re: memtest86

2023-09-15 Thread gene heskett
On 9/15/23 13:46, Felix Miata wrote: gene heskett composed on 2023-09-15 12:24 (UTC-0400): Mandrake was good, went bust Its core has survived in the form of Mageia, which just released v9 a few weeks ago. Hopefully with support for recent hdwe. The last time I tried it, it didn't like my

Re: memtest86

2023-09-15 Thread Felix Miata
gene heskett composed on 2023-09-15 12:24 (UTC-0400): > Mandrake was good, went bust Its core has survived in the form of Mageia, which just released v9 a few weeks ago. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 **

Re: memtest86

2023-09-15 Thread gene heskett
On 9/15/23 09:34, Stefan Monnier wrote: latest version is 10.6, get it at: <https://www.memtest86.com/download.html> This, Stefan, looks exactly like the memtest86 we've all been using for nearly 30 years. "we"? I sure haven't run that one, ever. I've run memtest86+ many ti

Re: memtest86

2023-09-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
>>> latest version is 10.6, get it at: >>> <https://www.memtest86.com/download.html> > This, Stefan, looks exactly like the memtest86 we've all been using for > nearly 30 years. "we"? I sure haven't run that one, ever. I've run memtest86+ many times, yes

Re: memtest86

2023-09-15 Thread gene heskett
On 9/14/23 22:17, Stefan Monnier wrote: latest version is 10.6, get it at: <https://www.memtest86.com/download.html> This, Stefan, looks exactly like the memtest86 we've all been using for nearly 30 years. Possibly under new management, and you may not agree with the pro version c

Re: memtest86

2023-09-15 Thread Michel Verdier
On 2023-09-14, Stefan Monnier wrote: > I recommend https://www.memtest.org/ instead (admittedly, until a year > or two ago, this Free Software was severely outdated and didn't really > work with UEFI, but things have picked up again since). This is the package memtest86+

Re: memtest86

2023-09-14 Thread Stefan Monnier
> latest version is 10.6, get it at: > Freeware! Eww! I recommend https://www.memtest.org/ instead (admittedly, until a year or two ago, this Free Software was severely outdated and didn't really work with UEFI, but things have picked up again since).

Re: memtest86

2023-09-14 Thread Felix Miata
Tom Browder composed on 2023-09-14 15:29 (UTC-0500): > Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > ... >> I know "memtest86" was before "memtest86+", but memtest86+ is a successor >> I just found my system rescue disk, booted it, entered the memtest86++ and &g

Re: memtest86

2023-09-14 Thread gene heskett
On 9/14/23 16:30, Tom Browder wrote: On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 13:15 Alexander V. Makartsev <mailto:avbe...@gmail.com>> wrote: ... I know "memtest86" was before "memtest86+", but memtest86+ is a successor I just found my system rescue disk, booted it, ent

Re: memtest86

2023-09-14 Thread Tom Browder
On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 13:15 Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: ... > I know "memtest86" was before "memtest86+", but memtest86+ is a successor > > I just found my system rescue disk, booted it, entered the memtest86++ and see lots of FAILUREs (I have 128 Gb so that may

Re: memtest86

2023-09-14 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 14.09.2023 01:54, Tom Browder wrote: On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:48 PM Tom Browder wrote: On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:32 PM Tom Browder wrote: On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I I see that it's a Debian package, and I

Re: memtest86

2023-09-14 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 14.09.2023 00:42, gene heskett wrote: On 9/13/23 12:40, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned it on a CDROM disk. I see that it's a Debian package, and  I installed it. Now I see

Re: memtest86

2023-09-13 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:48 PM Tom Browder wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:32 PM Tom Browder wrote: > >> > On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: > >> >> Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I > >> >> I see that

Re: memtest86

2023-09-13 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:32 PM Tom Browder wrote: >> > On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: >> >> Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I >> >> I see that it's a Debian package, and I installed it. Now I see >> >> memt

Re: memtest86

2023-09-13 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 14:43 gene heskett wrote: > On 9/13/23 12:40, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: > >> Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I > >> burned it on a CDROM disk. > >> &

Re: memtest86

2023-09-13 Thread gene heskett
On 9/13/23 12:40, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned it on a CDROM disk. I see that it's a Debian package, and  I installed it. Now I see memtest86 on my boot choice screen

Re: memtest86

2023-09-13 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned it on a CDROM disk. I see that it's a Debian package, and  I installed it. Now I see memtest86 on my boot choice screen, but selecting memtest86 does nothing. That's weird

memtest86

2023-09-13 Thread Tom Browder
Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned it on a CDROM disk. I see that it's a Debian package, and I installed it. Now I see memtest86 on my boot choice screen, but selecting memtest86 does nothing. I assume I probably have to add something to the grub2 menu

Re: memtest86+ v6.0 Released

2022-10-25 Thread Stefan Monnier
piorunz [2022-10-25 20:08:48] wrote: > Memtest86+ v6.0 has been released for this open-source system memory Alleluia! Stefan

memtest86+ v6.0 Released

2022-10-25 Thread piorunz
Memtest86+ v6.0 has been released for this open-source system memory (RAM) testing utility. Memtest86+ v6.0 is the first major release of this program in nearly a decade and comes as a complete rewrite to better deal with modern hardware. News: https://www.phoronix.com/news/memtest86-6.0

Re: memtest86

2022-06-18 Thread Anssi Saari
Felix Miata writes: >> menuentry "memtest86 7.4 EFI" { >> search --no-floppy --label --set=root TM8P01ESP >> chainloader /mt74x64.efi >> } > > IIRC, to get mt74x64.efi, and later mt83x64.efi, I had to loop mount the free > to > download b

Re: memtest86

2022-06-17 Thread Felix Miata
Felix Miata composed on 2022-06-15 07:26 (UTC-0400): > I don't even try to use FOSS memtest86+ on UEFI PCs. Instead, I use the free > version of the proprietary memtest86 from https://www.memtest86.com/. I run it > from this Grub stanza in /boot/grub/custom.cfg on my fastest/newest

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

2022-06-17 Thread Ram Ramesh
On 6/13/2022 12:27 PM, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Here's a post on the issues with memtest86+ (the free software version) and UEFI: https://askubuntu.com/questions/917961/can-i-boot-memtest86-if-im-using-uefi Sorry for the spam, looks like they just added UEFI support last week: https

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

2022-06-13 Thread piorunz
On 13/06/2022 17:22, Bijan Soleymani wrote: On 6/13/2022 11:47 AM, Ram Ramesh wrote: I had memtest86+ working just fine on a legacy bullseye install. However, due to age of the CPU, I recently upgraded to 12th gen i3-12100. As part of the upgrade, I also changed over to UEFI boot. Looks like

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

2022-06-13 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/13/2022 12:27 PM, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Here's a post on the issues with memtest86+ (the free software version) and UEFI: https://askubuntu.com/questions/917961/can-i-boot-memtest86-if-im-using-uefi Sorry for the spam, looks like they just added UEFI support last week: https

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

2022-06-13 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/13/2022 12:22 PM, Bijan Soleymani wrote: https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm Sorry I didn't realize that version of memtest isn't free software. Here's a post on the issues with memtest86+ (the free software version) and UEFI: https://askubuntu.com/questions/917961/can-i-boot

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

2022-06-13 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/13/2022 11:47 AM, Ram Ramesh wrote: I had memtest86+ working just fine on a legacy bullseye install. However, due to age of the CPU, I recently upgraded to 12th gen i3-12100. As part of the upgrade, I also changed over to UEFI boot. Looks like current Memtest works only with UEFI boot

memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

2022-06-13 Thread Ram Ramesh
I had memtest86+ working just fine on a legacy bullseye install. However, due to age of the CPU, I recently upgraded to 12th gen i3-12100. As part of the upgrade, I also changed over to UEFI boot. In addition I had to upgrade kernel to 5.16 using backports to get video working right. Now

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-24 Thread David Christensen
On 08/24/2018 12:05 AM, Long Wind wrote: Sorry, Ben, i made mistake, it isn't hp dx5150, it's lenovo motherboard is 865GV-M8, I'm having a hard time STFW for that motherboard. There are several motherboards that use the 865GV chipset, both socket 478 and LGA 775. Please provide a URL to

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-24 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 24/08/2018 19:05, Long Wind wrote: Sorry, Ben, i made mistake, it isn't hp dx5150, it's lenovo motherboard is 865GV-M8, it uses Dual DDR 400 memory i've used it for about 5 years, it's OK except sometimes it's noisy noise must come from fans in case Fans are a common source of case noise.

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-24 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 08/24/2018 12:05 AM, Long Wind wrote: Sorry, Ben, i made mistake, it isn't hp dx5150, it's lenovo motherboard is 865GV-M8, it uses Dual DDR 400 memory i've used it for about 5 years, it's OK except sometimes it's noisy noise must come from fans in case since it's OK, why should i bother with

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-23 Thread David Christensen
On 08/23/2018 01:26 AM, Long Wind wrote: to All:i've just return home, Thanks to all who reply! to David:i use apt-get to install memtest86+ on debian 9.4 for i386 it reconfig grub and i reboot to enter memtest86+ from grub menu Thank you for making me aware of memtest86+ integration

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 23/08/2018 20:26, Long Wind wrote: to Ben Caradoc-Davies: my PC is HP dx5150, i use it with that memory for more than 2 years, it's OK, no overheating. maybe memory checking cause overheating? i've installed memtester, i'll try it. Any dx5150 Front Panel LEDs lit?

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-23 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Long Wind writes: > i install memtest86+ of stretch to test memory > i don't see any error msg, but after a few minutes, it shutdown my PC > > does that mean my memory is bad? > i read manual of memtest86+, can't find explaination I see other people have mentioned possible tem

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-23 Thread Felix Miata
Long Wind composed on 2018-08-23 08:26 (UTC): > to Felix Miata: > memtest86 seems same as  memtest86+ It's not. 86 gets updated. 86+ does not. Last I checked, 86+ is v5.01. 86 is 7.5. 7.4 works on UEFI. 5.01 doesn't work on UEFI. 86+ has an ISO to burn to DVD or stick, as well as install

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-23 Thread Long Wind
to All:i've just return home, Thanks to all who reply! to David:i use apt-get to install memtest86+ on debian 9.4 for i386 it reconfig grub and i reboot to enter memtest86+ from grub menu to Ben Caradoc-Davies: my PC is HP dx5150, i use it with that memory for more than 2 years, it's OK

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-22 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 08/22/2018 02:58 PM, Long Wind wrote: i install memtest86+ of stretch to test memory i don't see any error msg, but after a few minutes, it shutdown my PC does that mean my memory is bad? i read manual of memtest86+, can't find explaination Maybe system shutdown due to heat.. -- Jimmy

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-22 Thread Felix Miata
Long Wind composed on 2018-08-22 21:58 (UTC): > i install memtest86+ of stretch to test memory > i don't see any error msg, but after a few minutes, it shutdown my PC > does that mean my memory is bad? > i read manual of memtest86+, can't find explaination On recent hardware I have

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-22 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 23/08/2018 09:58, Long Wind wrote: i install memtest86+ of stretch to test memory i don't see any error msg, but after a few minutes, it shutdown my PC does that mean my memory is bad? i read manual of memtest86+, can't find explaination Uncommanded shutdowns may be caused by overheating

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-22 Thread David Christensen
On 08/22/2018 02:58 PM, Long Wind wrote: i install memtest86+ of stretch to test memory Which Memtest86+ did you install on Debian Stretch? Please provide the URL. How did you install Memtest86+? i don't see any error msg, but after a few minutes, it shutdown my PC does that mean my

question about memtest86+

2018-08-22 Thread Long Wind
i install memtest86+ of stretch to test memory i don't see any error msg, but after a few minutes, it shutdown my PC does that mean my memory is bad? i read manual of memtest86+, can't find explaination

Memtest86+ pas utilisable

2017-10-11 Thread kaliderus
Le bonjour la liste, Alors voilà je souhaite tester la RAM de mon portable (un Thinkpad X230), et j'ai donc installé Memtest86+ (version livrée avec Jessie). La ligne (en fait plusieurs avec différentes options) apparaît bien dans le menu Grub, et quand je la sélectionne (j'ai testé chaque

Re: memtest86's no show

2011-12-12 Thread Darac Marjal
On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 09:10:39PM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: ~ Probably one of you have managed to run memtest86 on a 64-bit Intel box (hp-xw6600) Certainly! (Caveat, this is an amd64 box. If your 64-bit Intel box is Itanium (and being HP, it could well be), your mileage may vary

Re: memtest86's no show

2011-12-12 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 05:07, Darac Marjal mailingl...@darac.org.uk wrote: On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 09:10:39PM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: ~  Probably one of you have managed to run memtest86 on a 64-bit Intel box (hp-xw6600) Certainly! (Caveat, this is an amd64 box. If your 64-bit Intel

Re: memtest86's no show

2011-12-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Albretch Mueller wrote: Probably one of you have managed to run memtest86 on a 64-bit Intel box (hp-xw6600) Yes. Not infrequently. I downloaded and burned memtest86 Version 4.0b (Server) (26-Oct-2011) onto a CD, but when I boot up the box from the CD all I see is: The original memtest86

memtest86's no show

2011-12-04 Thread Albretch Mueller
~ Probably one of you have managed to run memtest86 on a 64-bit Intel box (hp-xw6600) ~ I downloaded and burned memtest86 Version 4.0b (Server) (26-Oct-2011) onto a CD, but when I boot up the box from the CD all I see is: ~ Memtest86 Version 4.0b Server

Re: memtest86's no show

2011-12-04 Thread Albretch Mueller
// __ http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/oneiric/ ~ DVD version of unbuntu (AMD is used for Intel x86 as well) ~ it is a displayed boot option (test memory) ~ lbrtchx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: memtest86+ ne fonctionne plus?

2010-05-30 Thread Jérôme
Le samedi 29 mai 2010 à 22:20 +0200, Yves Rutschle a écrit : Tester 640K devrait être assez pour tout le monde. Désolé, pas pu m'empêcher :) Y. Tu a réussi à compiler Linux sur ton pc XT en mode réel O_o? -- Jérôme - jer...@aranha.fr -- Lisez la FAQ de la liste avant de poser une

Re: memtest86+ ne fonctionne plus?

2010-05-30 Thread Gaëtan PERRIER
Le Sat, 29 May 2010 18:44:09 +0200 Jean-François jf.deb...@gmail.com a écrit: Le 29/05/10 00:09, Gaëtan PERRIER a écrit : Bonjour, Je n'arrive plus à faire fonctionner memtest86+. J'ai essayé sur 2 PC (un fixe avec 4Gio de RAM, un portable avec 2Gio) et sur chacun il ne teste que

Re: memtest86+ ne fonctionne plus?

2010-05-29 Thread moi-meme
Le Sat, 29 May 2010 00:20:02 +0200, Gaëtan PERRIER a écrit : Je n'arrive plus à faire fonctionner memtest86+. J'ai essayé sur 2 PC (un fixe avec 4Gio de RAM, un portable avec 2Gio) et sur chacun il ne teste que 640Kio de RAM. j'ai des doutes (même si je n'ai jamais utilisé) AMHA : sur 2 PC

Re: memtest86+ ne fonctionne plus?

2010-05-29 Thread Jean-François
Le 29/05/10 00:09, Gaëtan PERRIER a écrit : Bonjour, Je n'arrive plus à faire fonctionner memtest86+. J'ai essayé sur 2 PC (un fixe avec 4Gio de RAM, un portable avec 2Gio) et sur chacun il ne teste que 640Kio de RAM. Est-ce pareil chez vous? Gaëtan Bonjour, 1. booter sur le memtest86

Re: memtest86+ ne fonctionne plus?

2010-05-29 Thread sil
Le 29/05/2010 18:44, Jean-François a écrit : Bonjour, 1. booter sur le memtest86+ 2. il teste les 640k en boucle 3. appuyer sur c (Configuration) 4. appuyer sur 3 (Memory Sizing) 5. appuyer sur 2 (Probe) Et ça devrait marcher. Par contre, sur un système avec 4 Go de RAM, je suppose qu'il ne

Re: memtest86+ ne fonctionne plus?

2010-05-29 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 12:09:49AM +0200, Gaëtan PERRIER wrote: Je n'arrive plus à faire fonctionner memtest86+. J'ai essayé sur 2 PC (un fixe avec 4Gio de RAM, un portable avec 2Gio) et sur chacun il ne teste que 640Kio de RAM. Tester 640K devrait être assez pour tout le monde. Désolé, pas

Installing memtest86 in Lenny fails to copy the actual binary

2010-05-29 Thread Klistvud
Howdy, fellow Debianites! I tried to install memtest86 on my Lenny box (using Synaptic). Everything appeared to go smoothly, even a new memtest entry wass added to my grub.cfg - but the actual memtest86.bin file was never copied to disk! Interestingly enough, the same happened when I tried

Re: Installing memtest86 in Lenny fails to copy the actual binary

2010-05-29 Thread Arthur Marsh
Klistvud wrote, on 30/05/10 02:29: Howdy, fellow Debianites! I tried to install memtest86 on my Lenny box (using Synaptic). Everything appeared to go smoothly, even a new memtest entry wass added to my grub.cfg - but the actual memtest86.bin file was never copied to disk! Interestingly enough

memtest86+ ne fonctionne plus?

2010-05-28 Thread Gaëtan PERRIER
Bonjour, Je n'arrive plus à faire fonctionner memtest86+. J'ai essayé sur 2 PC (un fixe avec 4Gio de RAM, un portable avec 2Gio) et sur chacun il ne teste que 640Kio de RAM. Est-ce pareil chez vous? Gaëtan -- Lisez la FAQ de la liste avant de poser une question : http://wiki.debian.org/fr

memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

2006-06-21 Thread Dave Ewart
uncorrected ECC0 6 13 000 0.0MB uncorrected ECC0 8 14 000 0.0MB uncorrected ECC0 I replaced *all* the RAM in the box and ran memtest86+ again, and after a few hours I'm getting an error at '000 0.0MB' again

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

2006-06-21 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
000 0.0MB uncorrected ECC0 6 13 000 0.0MB uncorrected ECC0 8 14 000 0.0MB uncorrected ECC0 I replaced *all* the RAM in the box and ran memtest86+ again, and after a few hours I'm getting an error at '000

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

2006-06-21 Thread Dave Ewart
On Wednesday, 21.06.2006 at 13:49 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Dry joint on the memory socket in the motherboard? You've described the classic symptoms of a dry joint failing at higher temperatures as the system/motherboard warms up. So, you're saying the motherboard is failing and

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

2006-06-21 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Dave Ewart wrote: On Wednesday, 21.06.2006 at 13:49 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Dry joint on the memory socket in the motherboard? You've described the classic symptoms of a dry joint failing at higher temperatures as the system/motherboard warms up. So, you're saying the motherboard

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

2006-06-21 Thread John Hasler
Peter HB writes: That depends upon whether you are confident with soldering tools, and possess a suitable one with which to re flow the solder around the socket(s)! From your original question I would guess that this is not the case and, yes, a new motherboard beckons. he could always

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

2006-06-21 Thread Dave Ewart
On Wednesday, 21.06.2006 at 10:00 -0500, John Hasler wrote: Peter HB writes: That depends upon whether you are confident with soldering tools, and possess a suitable one with which to re flow the solder around the socket(s)! From your original question I would guess that this is not

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

2006-06-21 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: he could always rubber-band it. Dave Ewart writes: Assuming the problem is as Peter originally supposed: exactly what are you suggesting here?!? Rubber-banding is a sleazy TV repairman's trick from the 1960s and 70s. The sets had IF transformers (air-core transformers in an aluminum

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

2006-06-21 Thread Dave Ewart
On Wednesday, 21.06.2006 at 13:16 -0500, John Hasler wrote: I wrote: he could always rubber-band it. Dave Ewart writes: Assuming the problem is as Peter originally supposed: exactly what are you suggesting here?!? Rubber-banding is a sleazy TV repairman's trick from the 1960s and

debian way to memtest86?

2005-09-14 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
Hi, My computer is seriously segfaulting during compilation (eg: kernel, gnome, openoffice,... src.rpm) I dont know what's going on, so I decided to test the RAM first. Is there any debian way to do memtest? On some distros, I saw a memtest entry into the bootloader. I use lilo for the moment,

Re: debian way to memtest86?

2005-09-14 Thread Wayne Topa
, I saw a memtest entry into the bootloader. I use lilo for the moment, anyway, I dont have floppy drive, just CDRom. If you have memtest86 installed read /usr/share/doc/memtest86+/examples/lilo.conf else apt-get install memtest86 read /usr/share/doc/memtest86+/examples/lilo.conf end

FW: debian way to memtest86?

2005-09-14 Thread David Christensen
Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: My computer is seriously segfaulting during compilation (eg: kernel, gnome, openoffice,... src.rpm) I use memtest86: http://www.memtest86.com/ You can create a bootable floppy or CD. You should also test your hard drive. Go to you hard drive

Re: debian way to memtest86?

2005-09-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
distros, I saw a memtest entry into the bootloader. I use lilo for the moment, anyway, I dont have floppy drive, just CDRom. Knoppix has memtest86 installed. You can enter either memtest or memtest86 (check the cheat sheet to be sure) at the prompt and off you go. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez

Re: debian way to memtest86?

2005-09-14 Thread James Vahn
Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: Is there any debian way to do memtest? On some distros, I saw a memtest entry into the bootloader. I use lilo for the moment, anyway, I dont have floppy drive, just CDRom. One entry in /etc/lilo.conf should look like this: image=/boot/memtest86+.bin

Re: RAM-Problem nforce2 memtest86+

2005-05-22 Thread J-T Krug
Richard Mittendorfer schrieb: Also sprach Hartmut Figge [EMAIL PROTECTED] klaus zerwes: [RAM testen] Kernel kompilieren ist IMHO nicht das beste Testmittel. Ich kenne kein besseres. Abgesehen davon, mehrere Compilationen gleichzeitig laufen zu lassen, idealerweise gleich OO.

Re: RAM-Problem nforce2 memtest86+

2005-05-22 Thread J-T Krug
Hartmut Figge schrieb: klaus zerwes: [RAM testen] Kernel kompilieren ist IMHO nicht das beste Testmittel. Ich kenne kein besseres. Abgesehen davon, mehrere Compilationen gleichzeitig laufen zu lassen, idealerweise gleich OO. *g* Oder gleich ein komplettes Gentoo aus Stage1

Re: RAM-Problem nforce2 memtest86+

2005-05-22 Thread Richard Mittendorfer
fehlerhaften triebern und dem OS an sich zusammenhaengen. hast du unter linux denn auch schon einen oops waehrend rechen- i/o-intensiver last bei FSB 166 erlebt? generell ist solchen fehlern nicht leicht auf die schliche zu kommen - ein memtest86+ hat hier jedoch schon mal seinen zweck erfuellt. der

RAM-Problem nforce2 memtest86+

2005-05-21 Thread J-T Krug
vereinbahrt, ich könne die Speichermodule (2 x 512MB - Peak Electronics 64MX64U-33B) zurückbringen, wenn es Probleme geben würde. Zum Testen lies ich damals memtest86+ mehrere Stunden laufen und übersetzte den Kernel diverse Male. Da es keine Probleme gab fühlte ich mich sicher mit diesem Speicher

Re: RAM-Problem nforce2 memtest86+

2005-05-21 Thread klaus zerwes
J-T Krug schrieb: Hallo Debianer, [...] Meine Frage ist nun wie ist das zu interpretieren, eigentlich dachte ich mit memtest86+ und Kernel backen wären Speicherprobleme längst zu Tage getreten? wenn memtest einen fehler findet dann ist der Speicher im A... wenn nicht bedeutet das noch lange

Re: RAM-Problem nforce2 memtest86+

2005-05-21 Thread Hartmut Figge
klaus zerwes: [RAM testen] Kernel kompilieren ist IMHO nicht das beste Testmittel. Ich kenne kein besseres. Abgesehen davon, mehrere Compilationen gleichzeitig laufen zu lassen, idealerweise gleich OO. *g* Hartmut -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ):

Re: RAM-Problem nforce2 memtest86+

2005-05-21 Thread Richard Mittendorfer
Also sprach Hartmut Figge [EMAIL PROTECTED] klaus zerwes: [RAM testen] Kernel kompilieren ist IMHO nicht das beste Testmittel. Ich kenne kein besseres. Abgesehen davon, mehrere Compilationen gleichzeitig laufen zu lassen, idealerweise gleich OO. *g* ein paar find in / waeren dazu noch zu

Memtest86+

2005-03-31 Thread Andrea Viana da Silva
Rodei o memtest86+ em cima de um pente de 256 Mb. Como foi a primeira vez que utilizei o aplicativo, deixei ele rodando por 3 horas, e me retornou TST PassFailing Address GoodBad 3 7 9072644-144,1 Mb40404040 40444040 Err-bitsCont

[Fwd: Re: Memtest86+]

2005-03-31 Thread Andrea Viana da Silva
Quero agradecer imensamente o colega pelo texto esclarecedor a respeito do memtest86+, embora o texto seja extenso ele tirar todas as dúvidas e deixa claro como analisar os resultados. Vale a pena ser lido. -- Andrea Viana da Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] CSP Controle e Automaçao Ltda ---BeginMessage

Memtest86

2003-08-12 Thread kleber_leal
So para compartilhar conhecimento: Existe um programa chamado memtest86 que faz teste da memoria ram. Seu uso eh bastante simples e ajuda no combate a queda de cabelos. apt-cache search memtest86 Kleber Recife/PE _ Voce quer um

Re: [off-topic] Memtest86

2003-08-12 Thread Douglas A. Augusto
No dia 12/08/2003 às 22:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: So para compartilhar conhecimento: Existe um programa chamado memtest86 que faz teste da memoria ram. Seu uso eh bastante simples e ajuda no combate a queda de cabelos. apt-cache search memtest86 Realmente ele é muito interessante

Re: Memtest86

2003-08-12 Thread Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra
Em Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:24:17 -0300, kleber_lea escreveu: Existe um programa chamado memtest86 O memtest (sem 86) e sysutils também rodam em PowerPC, ao contrário do memtest86. -- _ Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra +41 (21) 648 11 34 / \ http://br.geocities.com./lgcdutra

memtest86

2003-04-28 Thread Philippe Marzouk
Bonjour, Suite aux différents échanges récents sur memtest86, j'ai voulu testé la mémoire d'un PC qui me fait des misères (le noyau oops en NFS et les transferts FTP se plantent). Lorsque je boote sur memtest86bin via grub, j'arrive sur l'écran de memtest86 mais ensuite rien ne se passe, l'écran

Re: memtest86

2003-04-28 Thread Thierry Benita
On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:36:01 +0200, Philippe Marzouk wrote Bonjour, Bonjour, [...] NFS et les transferts FTP se plantent). Lorsque je boote sur memtest86bin via grub, j'arrive sur l'écran de memtest86 mais ensuite rien ne se passe, l'écran reste bleu et les touches ESC ou 'c' sont

Re: memtest86

2003-04-28 Thread Philippe Marzouk
On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 09:13:12AM +0100, Thierry Benita wrote: On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:36:01 +0200, Philippe Marzouk wrote Bonjour, Bonjour, [...] NFS et les transferts FTP se plantent). Lorsque je boote sur memtest86bin via grub, j'arrive sur l'écran de memtest86 mais ensuite rien

Re: memtest86 für woody (was: Kernel-Schluckauf ?)

2003-02-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Das ist das Teil... dd und rauf auf ne Diskette... Viel glueck Michelle Am 18:35 2003-02-01 +0100 hat Ruediger Noack geschrieben: Lukas Kolbe wrote: Solche unvorhersagbaren Sachen sind fuer mich immer ein Indiz fuer sterbenden Speicher. Lass doch mal memtest86 ein Paar Stunden ueber den

memtest86 für woody (was: Kernel-Schluckauf ?)

2003-02-01 Thread Ruediger Noack
Lukas Kolbe wrote: Solche unvorhersagbaren Sachen sind fuer mich immer ein Indiz fuer sterbenden Speicher. Lass doch mal memtest86 ein Paar Stunden ueber den Speicher laufen... Das kam mir auch schon in den Sinn. Wobei IMHO etwas gegen memory-Fehler spricht, nämlich dass das Problem bisher

memtest86

2002-11-28 Thread JC Helary
bon, avec toutes vos explications ca devrait marcher. des que j'ai finis de tester je reviens pour vous demander comment faire pour que linux ne s'emmelle pas les pinceaux dans les cellules mortes. jc helary

Re: memtest86

2002-11-28 Thread VALLIET Emmanuel
memtest86 calcule automatiquement les paramètres qui vont bien pour le patch bad-ram. -- Manu // Je lui ai roulé un patin à en décoller du papier peint

Re: memtest86

2002-11-28 Thread JC Helary
cellules mortes. jc helary Salut, me semble que memtest86 calcule automatiquement les paramètres qui vont bien pour le patch bad-ram. et tu peux m'en dire plus sur le patch avant d'aller te coucher ? moi je dois partir au boulot maintenant... jc helary

Re: memtest86

2002-11-28 Thread VALLIET Emmanuel
faire pour que linux ne s'emmelle pas les pinceaux dans les cellules mortes. jc helary Salut, me semble que memtest86 calcule automatiquement les paramètres qui vont bien pour le patch bad-ram. et tu peux m'en dire plus sur le patch avant d'aller te coucher ? moi je dois partir au

memtest86 questions

2001-07-31 Thread Tao Liu
Does anyone have tried memtest86? I tried and got the message: L1 Cache32K 4324.6MB/s L2 Cache128K1085.6MB/s Memory 128M71.1MB/s Memory runs so slow? Regards Liu Tao _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free

Re: memtest86 questions

2001-07-31 Thread Shriram Shrikumar
I think I got simiar results from my 200Mhz. My 600 gave me much better speeds - more in the Gb/s Range. --- Tao Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have tried memtest86? I tried and got the message: L1 Cache 32K 4324.6MB/s L2 Cache 128K1085.6MB/s Memory

Re: memtest86 questions

2001-07-31 Thread Shriram Shrikumar
I think I got simiar results from my 200Mhz. My 600 gave me much better speeds - more in the Gb/s Range. --- Tao Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have tried memtest86? I tried and got the message: L1 Cache 32K 4324.6MB/s L2 Cache 128K1085.6MB/s Memory

Re: memtest86 questions

2001-07-31 Thread Liu Tao
I think I got simiar results from my 200Mhz. My 600 gave me much better speeds - more in the Gb/s Range. Do you mean your 600MHz cpu? Could you please post your result here? Thanks. I tried and got the message: L1 Cache32K 4324.6MB/s L2 Cache128K1085.6MB/s Memory

Memtest86

1999-12-29 Thread Todd Suess
Greetings, I downloaded and installed hwtools (latest potato version) mainly because I wanted to use memtest86. I followed the instructions and copied it to a floppy and tried to reboot using that floppy, but instead of booting it just passes on to my hard drive boot instead. I use a boot disk

Re: Memtest86

1999-12-29 Thread ktb
Todd Suess wrote: Greetings, I downloaded and installed hwtools (latest potato version) mainly because I wanted to use memtest86. I followed the instructions and copied it to a floppy and tried to reboot using that floppy, but instead of booting it just passes on to my hard drive boot

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