[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Subject: How to test RAM?
> Date: Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 02:50:50AM -0500
>
> In reply to:Ed Cogburn
>
> Quoting Ed Cogburn([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > Ed Cogburn writes:
> > > > I don't see anything similar in Win95.
> > >
> > > That tends to point toward memory. Different OS's have very different
> > > memory usage patterns, and a bit that usually ends up storing user data
> > > in one may get part of a kernel data structure in another.
> > >
> > > > In fact, IIRC, I've never seen the 'General protection/failure' message
> > > > from any other software.
> > >
> > > It is a kernel bug for any user program to be able to cause a GP.
> > >
> > > > ...if it were a hardware problem, I'd be seeing other Linux software
> > > > (unrelated to dselect/apt/dpkg) having similar and frequent problems,...
> > >
> > > I always know it's past time to clean my air filter when gnus crashes. It
> > > is not unusual for some software to be particularly sensitive to certain
> > > hardware problems. Usage patterns again.
> > >
> > > > ...but its clear to me that its not a hardware problem, even though I
> > > > understand that you don't believe me, and you are not the only one to
> > > > tell me its not Debian software thats causing the problem.
> > >
> > > We aren't just being defensive. Many of us have had quite a bit of
> > > experience with diverse software and hardware, much of it buggy. Your
> > > problem smells like hardware.
> > > --
> > > John Hasler
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
> > > Dancing Horse Hill
> > > Elmwood, WI
> >
> >
> > Yea, I did sound a little shrill there didn't I, John. Well, the
> > logic
> > still escapes me (a hardware/memory problem that only shows up when
> > running just *one* program, dselect/apt, but is *random* and *transient*
> > when running that software?), but I'll go along with this. So, how can
> > I check my RAM?
> > There was, a long time ago, a thread in debian-user about testing RAM.
> > Does anyone remember this? Does anybody know of a Win95/DOS/Linux
> > program (freely available) that does a thorough test of RAM?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ed C.
>
> ED
>
> Not a debian package but I use memtest86. I have the tar.gz file if
> you can't fina it.
>
> Wayne
Thanks, but FYI: another respondant said memtest86 is part of the
hwtools deb package that I'm downloading now.
--
Ed C.
