Also, if I remember correctly, Win98 uses memory from the top down, not the bottom up as you might expect. Not sure how Linux uses it. Assumming that Linux uses it from the bottom, then a low-address memory chip would give Linux problems whereas Win98 would not. Bobby >Not really. Win98 seems to be able to run on failing hardware. I've >come across plenty of times where win98 will happily run, and crash >every now and again, or corrupt files every now and again, whereas >Linux, if I tried to compile something, would throw errors. Find it >it's due to a bad stick of ram that has been in the box for a while. I >never knew why certain files would get trashed on Windows, but as soon >as I replaced the ram, everything was happy again. I think it's because >Win98 doesn't put enough checksums or whatnot, and doesn't catch >hardware errors like it should. > >-- >Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE >For Web Services and Linux Consulting, Visit --> j2Solutions.net >Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
