Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:09:04 -0500 | From | ken <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.17 multiple Oops and file corruption on I845 MB |
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Hi Folks,
Well, I guess I'm not the only one who has ever had egg on his face after posting a bug report.
Before posting the report, I had run memtest86 v2.5.1 for more than one complete pass of the std tests and had concluded the memory was OK. On a hunch, after a reply from Mark Hahn, I let it run all night; after 17 hours running all tests over 3+ passes, it recorded about 4000 errors. These were clustered around 64MB and 135MB (64K and 4K holes, respectively), and I think that adequately accounts for the problems I was having on large file copies. The guy who sold me the hardware took it all back and refunded my money rather than having to learn something about linux, so I guess he didn't deserve the sale after all.
Thanks again to all who read and responded. Now I know to run multiple passes on memtest before deciding things are OK....
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