RE: can xp be loaded by default and not opensuse?

I am running memtest now on that machine, how long should I
run it for to
get a good result?

Reg



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross Drummond [mailto:rossashburton.co.nz]
> Sent: Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:54 a.m.
> To: linux-usersit.canterbury.ac.nz
> Subject: Re: can xp be loaded by default and not
opensuse?


> In my experience a machine spontaneously rebooting
means bad ram.
> 
> Run memtest86. This is often available on the boot
menus of live cd's and
> installation disks.

Check back tomorrow...

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:12:10 +1300
Reg <regslingshot.co.nz> wrote:

> I am running memtest now on that machine, how long
should I run it for to
> get a good result?
> 
> Reg
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ross Drummond [mailto:rossashburton.co.nz]
> > Sent: Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:54 a.m.
> > To: linux-usersit.canterbury.ac.nz
> > Subject: Re: can xp be loaded by default and not
opensuse?
> 
> 
> > In my experience a machine spontaneously rebooting
means bad ram.
> > 
> > Run memtest86. This is often available on the boot
menus of live cd's and
> > installation disks.
> 

> I am running memtest now on that machine, how long
should I run it for to
> get a good result?

12 to 72 hours, or until you get a ram failure. The trouble
with all those
tests is that they can prove a failed memory module, but
can't prove the
thing's ok, so the longer you run it, the higher the chance
that the memory
is in fact fuctioning as it should.

Volker

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