Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 19 Aug 1996 22:19:08 +0100 (BST) | From | Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <> | Subject | Re: swap_free: swap-space map bad (entry 00040000) |
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On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Mark H. Wood wrote: [...] > > My first thought was, of course, that the new memory was bad. However, > the kids run Windows on this same box without any trouble (other than the > usual Windows crocks :-), and the memory has passed: > > o the POST test (which seems to be pretty thorough since it takes so > long); >
Don't know about this, but it could be thorough, or not ...
> o whatever tests HIMEM.SYS does; and > not many ...
> o several passes with DiagSoft's QAPLUS. > hmm, don't know about this one either.
You could try using the memory checker that is floating about in the Linux archives, it's based on the kernel code (well the loader is ;), you just throw it at a floppy like a zImage, and reboot. It will just keep going until you hit reset. Bryn -- PGP key pass phrase forgotten, \ Overload -- core meltdown sequence again :( and I don't care ;) | initiated. / This space is intentionally left | blank, apart from this text ;-) \____________________________________
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