Hello
Yeah get a copy of memtest http://www.rpmfind.net
basicaly you can start memtest before the Linux kernel is unpacked and
should show up in the lilo/grub menu on startup.
If you find there is an error this doesnt mean you have to go out and
buy some new ram you can edit the boot manager and add badram=" bad ram
address" and Linux should ignore the bad ram address( it doesnt mean the
whole DIM is ignored just one part of it).
Sorry if Im a bit rough on this but Im not well read up on, maybe
someone else can explain how the badram/memtest thing works (might by a
nice SLUG lecture).
Regards
Richard
On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 08:32, Terry Collins wrote:
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> > Dear SLUG,
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> > I am running SuSE 7.3 with 600 mhz celeron and a 368 megs RAM and 20 gig
> > disk.
>
> I would suspect the RAM. I had the same problem (intermittent freezing
> becoming more frequent) and was beginning to suspect an application.
>
> It turned out to be one of the ram chips. There is also something else
> (probably an app), but it only happens monthly.
>
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