Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 01 Nov 1999 15:31:40 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Perform minimal RAM test at boot |
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Peter Steiner wrote: > > >Also, don't expect it to detect anything reliable (think of a video > >card in the 15-16M memory hole.) Rather, think of it as a "last > >ditch" sanity check. > > Ok, it *is* a sanity check. But it finds all those common problems like > "memory hole accidently turned on", "memory is slightly smaller than > the expected xxxxMB" or "a (too big) stale mem= sneaked in". >
Well, no, it finds *some* of them! But either way, I think this is a good thing.
-hpa
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