[Gllug] frustrated with Linux

[Steve Nicholson]

On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:38:15AM +0000, Ashley Evans wrote:
> 
> As a quick side note you could try memtest86 to check the RAM, I had a
> similar problem with random lock-ups that turned out to be RAM.
> memtest86 and a patch to the linux kernel can work around faulty RAM by
> forcing the bad cells in the RAM to not be used at all. I haven't
> actually tried this because the RAM was under warranty but it could be a
> good way to keep the old box running as a non-critical system.

Thanks I'll try this out now.

Steve.

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