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On 20/2/19 9:07 pm, Craig Sanders via
luv-main wrote:
On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 08:18:59PM +1100, Morrie Wyatt via luv-main wrote:The ECC warnings just mean that either your motherboard doesn't support ECC error correcting RAM, or that you don't have ECC RAM installed.AFAIK, you see it when the motherboard supports ECC RAM but you only have non-ECC RAM installed - the kernel doesn't even try to load the ECC module unless it detects that the hardware is capable of ECC.I see this warning all the time on my machines (all with AMD CPUs - currently a Phenom II 1090T, an FX-8150 and an FX-8320, and a Threadripper 1950x). As you say, it's not something to worry about unless, of course, you KNOW you paid extra for ECC RAM and it SHOULD be detected :) ECC RAM typically costs at least 30% more than non-ECC RAM and it's typically not available in stock in most whitebox computer shops, it's a special request you have to go out of your way to ask for or find - so, unless you've re-purposed an old server machine, it's not likely to be something that someone has and doesn't know about.Typically you will only find ECC support on server motherboards, not comsumer level motherboards.Most AMD motherboards supporting Phenom II, FX or newer CPUs support both ECC and non-ECC RAM. i.e. since at least 2008 or so. Intel motherboards and CPUs typically don't support ECC unless you've bought a "server" motherboard and CPU. Intel likes to engage in artificial market segmentation to prevent customers from using cheaper CPUs and motherboards for what they consider to be high-end server tasks. because near-monopoly allows them to get away with shit like that. craig -- craig sanders <c...@taz.net.au> _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list luv-main@luv.asn.au https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main Hi Craig and Morrie, I have peace of mind about the ECC or not issue. I have a machine
which boots slowly compared with even ten years ago. One needs to
boot it up and then log in, and go and make a cup of coffee have a
chat with a friend over the phone, and then it may be ready to
perform, but it still takes a minute to load the first web page
over a high speed cable connection. 20 seconds to open the file
manager, about the same to open Thunderbird. Boot times are
becoming a bit like Microsoft 's BSOD used to be, an unfortunate
fact of life. I am still unsure how to use gparted to get the disks recognised by the system. I can hot plug them and the system will not crash, but if I try to boot with them connected it will fail to boot. My /etc/fstab file has little information to copy, which is why I feel that a new build may be the best way forward for me. I have 65Gb of space left on my 1TB drive and with several photo shoots on the books for the next two weeks it will fill and grind to a halt, so I need to apply myself to get the outcome. Many thanks Andrew
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