On 6 Apr 2000 11:44:52 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.current you wrote:
>Apparently, you make a floppy with the supplied image, boot with it to
>find the bad RAM addresses, and then those addresses are passed on as a
>kernel parameter once the patch is applied. Bad addresses will be excluded
>from addressable/virtual memory from then on.
>
>Sounds like sometheing we could use, eh?
It sounds like a recipe for disaster. You cannot determine with any degree
of reasonable certainty via software if RAM is bad. For such a critical
component, I cant imagine anyone wanting to take such a chance. It would
be bad enough even on a personal workstation, let alone a server.
---Mike
Mike Tancsa ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sentex Communications Corp,
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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