memtest-86 [Was: RE: [olug] kernel panics]

Thu Jun 5 14:15:02 UTC 2003

On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 08:13, Ryan O'Rourke wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 10:31, Jay Swackhamer wrote:
> > Since it had been running, What I would check.
> > 2. Boot from Gentoo CD or something else and run memtest to verify memory.
> 
> I've been running memtest-86 from a boot floppy on a new server I'm
> building with 512mb RAM. It's been running for over 17 hours now and
> says it's only 35% done? Is this correct? If memtest requires this much
> downtime, how can it be a useful tool for a machine that is already in
> production?

Oh geez.... please accept my apologies as I tell myself to RTFM:
	"Memtest86 continues executes indefinitely."
http://www.memtest86.com/#timing

-- Ryan