Re: Mersenne: mprime crashes but Prime95 doesn't

2002-06-25 Thread Steve Elias
hello Pierre, you might want to try a comprehensive memory hammer test, such as walking 1s 0s . /eli _ Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ --

Mersenne: mprime crashes but Prime95 doesn't

2002-06-24 Thread Pierre Abbat
I got a new laptop a few weeks ago. I promptly loaded Linux on it and ran into hardware problems. I copied statically linked mprime to it and ran it; it crashed in a few minutes. I sent it back. The technician knows nothing about Linux. He loaded Windows and ran some test, which found