Do a memory test before upgrading to Fedora 15

2011-05-27 Thread birger
I think the new kernel uses memory differently compared to the kernels in F14. One system I just upgraded consistently crashed with checksum failures on the RPM packages during the actual install phase. In the end I found my F14 CD and ran memtest86. Massive (really massive) memory failures on a

Re: Do a memory test before upgrading to Fedora 15

2011-05-27 Thread Tim
On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 11:48 +0200, birger wrote: Massive (really massive) memory failures on a rather new PC that had passed memtest86 just a few months ago when it was built. Were proper anti-static precautions taken when it was built? The usual ramification of not taking them is that the