On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 10:09:20PM -0800, Harry Souders wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 12:33:46AM -0500, Roland Minden wrote:
> > Just got back and installed the new 256MB dimm all is good it sees it. I am
> > now load testing the memory :^)
>
> Are you using any special program to test the memory?
>
> Way back when I remember various DOS programs to burn-in CPU's, test
> RAM, HDDs, etc. I haven't seen any for Linux.
In my experience Linux refuses to run if there is defective RAM in the
system. Occasional bit flips are another matter though -- they happen to all
RAM, more frequently on the flakier chips.
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