From: Eric W. Biederman
> - In assembly you initialize and turn on RAM, and you initialize
> any other hardware you need to assist in initializing the RAM.
> We don't test the memory because quick memory tests never fail,
> on ram that has passed even the most cursory quality control.
I think you have a point here - RAM tests do seem mostly a waste
of time - but this is at least partly a mistake.
Every once in a while you do get bad RAM. It might be worth checking
a small chunk of memory (say) every 32 megabytes, just to see if it
at least minimally works. Much less mysterious this way... :)
As an aside - shouldn't the mailing list software set the "Reply-to:"
header to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ?
