Memtest is a good place to start ... then perhaps move on to testing the disk; I use badblocks -n (non-destructive read/write test) for that.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Michael Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an old 486 system that the freedos update program doesn't work > on. I suspect misconfigured or faulty hardware. What are the best > free tools to test the hardware with? If it's a Linux based > diagnostic tool, note that I have to boot from floppy. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
