From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailhub-4.iastate.edu ([129.186.140.14]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1C2Y4d-0000fq-00 for ; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 12:35:03 -0400 Received: from mailout-2.iastate.edu (mailout-2.iastate.edu [129.186.140.2]) by mailhub-4.iastate.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i81GZ1Y8029732 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:35:01 -0500 Received: from gene3.ait.iastate.edu(129.186.144.105) by mailout-2.iastate.edu via csmap id 7f0584a4_fc35_11d8_8589_003048290bef_17421; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 11:39:30 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gene3.ait.iastate.edu (really [127.0.0.1]) by gene3.ait.iastate.edu via in.smtpd with esmtp (ident collins using rfc1413) id (Debian Smail3.2.0.102) for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:34:27 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:04:14 -0400. <20040824210414.GB18717@lava-net.com> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 11:34:27 -0500 From: "Gene Collins" Subject: Re: memtest86 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:35:04 -0000 Hi Igor. You are making an unwarranted assumption. Memtest86 will run infinitely until told to stop. Reading the man page before using a diagnostic utility is always a good thing. The fact that you are in the 158th pass means that you have scanned all your memory 158 times. Gene >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Hi all. I am suspecting bad ram in one of my machines as a cause of why I can' t install Slackware...Or rather, why it bombs out fater attempting to install L ess. And I don't think its the >installation media, since I don't hear the drive spinning up and down...Which would be the drive doing read attempts and failing. So I'm running Memtest86 on my box now, which has 1 GB of some >what I think is shitty Kingston PC3200 DDR SDRAM. Memtest86 so far has been ru nning for sevreal days, and I'm not sure how long its supposed to take. Its on pass 158 out of what I think is >1024, assuming every MB is being tested individually. Also, if there are any e rrors, would they be displayed after all the testing is complete? Or will they scroll by as the tests were >running? >- -- >Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQFBK61ONohoaf1zXJMRAoMvAJ0fzKUNwwvl8e1qKODMBxHOvVONaQCaAshX >uoh1ZOfAZAnGqqqSkXUlc00= >=aLCr >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup