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- From: hlu@poly2.eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: Fixed: Runs at 8MHz, Crashes at 33MHz, 386bsd
- Keywords: bug
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.215325.2451@serval.net.wsu.edu>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 21:53:25 GMT
- Article-I.D.: serval.1992Sep12.215325.2451
- References: <1992Sep8.070731.21159@bernina.ethz.ch> <1992Sep11.200736.20247@qualcomm.com> <1992Sep12.134712.17755@news.cs.indiana.edu>
- Sender: hlu@poly2 (H.J. Lu)
- Organization: Washington State University
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- In article <1992Sep12.134712.17755@news.cs.indiana.edu>, "Michael Squires" <mikes@moose.cs.indiana.edu> writes:
- |> When running SCO XENIX 386 and UNIX 386 on various clones it became clear that
- |> all brands of clone were not alike and all brands of memory were not alike.
- |> In some cases I know that there were problems with the memory bus caused by
- |> poor design or unreliable DRAM. I personally would not try to run 386 UNIX
- |> on a really cheap motherboard, unless I'd already tested in some other way
- |> (and the Checkit/AMIDIAG type of tester doesn't stress the hardware enough
- |> to find the problems).
- |>
- |> I wonder if there is a program that is small enough to fit on the boot disk
- |> which would really stress memory which could be used to test prospective
- |> clones in the store or at the hamfest/computerfest/Trenton/Dayton Hamvention?
- |>
- |> --
- |>
- |> Mike Squires (mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu) 812 855 3974 (w) 812 333 6564 (h)
- |> mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu 546 N Park Ridge Rd., Bloomington, IN 47408
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- Get the lastest bootimage and rootimage for Linux. I was told it was a very
- good testing program. It just takes two disks. In the rootimage, there are
- quite a few Unix stuffs. It has almost every basic stuff, except for gcc
- 2.2.2.
-
- H.J.
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