On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 04:14:04AM -0400, Robert Watson wrote: > > > > I am beginning to wonder if we should have a boot option that enables a > > thorough memtest from within the kernel...(e.g. boot -m). > > I guess the old /dev/test_for_shoddy_workmanship driver is working :-). > > It's probably just bad luck -- BIOS memory testing is generally pretty > poor, and it could just be FreeBSD stored your root vnode pointer (or some > other critical thing) in a memory word that Win2K was using for an icon, > so a single bit twiddle did pretty different things. Glad it's fixed. I > occasionally wonder if we shouldn't build a memory tester into the FreeBSD > boot loader to help diagnose this sort of stuff, though. Not to run every > boot, but as a diagnostics option. Yep, exactly my thoughts. I think this is a wonderfull idea. -GuidoReceived on Fri Oct 15 2004 - 06:20:26 UTC
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