thats correct memtest will not help you on a live system. its worth noting that memtest is included as a boot option on most distro cd's now
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:49:41 +1300 Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, memtest is useful alright. I'm more interested in monitoring a running > system rather than verifying hardware with tests that require the system to > be > taken offline. Last time I looked you had to boot from the memtest floppy or > CD to use it. > > Cheers, > Michael. > > >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== > >On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Michael wrote: > > > >> I have a PC here that I have concerns about regarding the health of the > system > >> and in particular the CPU. I have seen reference to a package that > >> creates > a > >> /proc/health file if it's supported by the board. I am not sure whether > that > >> will work and I don't want to install anything more on the system. > > > >Google for memtest86 it is very Good for testing memory and cache etc. > >etc. > > > >I see there is a memtest86+ project as well. > > > > > >John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 > >Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 > >PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >New Zealand > > > >The universe is absolutely plastered with the dashed lines exactly one > >space long. > > --- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message generated in webmail. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
