On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Rudolf Ladyzhenskii wrote: > Hi, > > A quick search on the Google found this: > > http://people.redhat.com/dledford/memtest.html > > Also, there is a good memory tester for Linux. If memory serves me right (time to test ot? ;-)))), it is called 'memtest'. > > >From my PC repair experience, memory often fails intermittently, so test may pass but you can still have faulty memory. > > Rudolf > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of RIchard Rahl > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 7:45 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: Memory test > > > Hi Ashley, > > i can recommend http://www.memtest86.com , but i'm not sure whether you > have to shutdown the maschine or not as i only have floppy to test windows > maschines. > > Just a suggestion :-), > > All the best, > > Richard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ashley M. Kirchner" <ashley@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:34 PM > Subject: Memory test > > > > > > I have a server that seems to enjoy rebooting itself every so often > > (usually it goes days to weeks without doing anything, then it'll get > > into a fit and start rebooting every few days or so before quitting > > again.) My first guess right now is faulty memory sticks, however I > > can't take it down for testing. It's a production web server and unless > > I setup a backup for it (for which I do not have the hardware to > > accomplish,) I simply can't take it down. Does anyone have any > > suggestion on how I can diagnose this poor thing? memtest86 is great. You create a bootable disk and it grabs the first 80k of memory. It then proceeds to run a series of 12 tests that will definitely find any memory problems you have. I just went through this with a bad memory chip and was very impressed with the results...besides, the shop where I bought the memory chip had no problems replacing the chip when I said it had failed memtest86. -- Gerry "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
