On Saturday 09 February 2002 06:38 pm, you wrote:
> On Saturday 09 February 2002 05:39 pm, you wrote:
> > Jay Kline <list at slushpupie.com> wrote:
> > > I recently upgraded to an Athlon XP 1800+, and since then have been
> > > having my computer just lock up from time to time.  I know there is the
> > > "bug" (or whatever its being called) that requires the mem=nopentium
> > > option on boot, and I have done that.  I have yet to figure out what
> > > triggers the lock up, other than I am always in X (but then, I am
> > > ALWAYS in X).  There is nothing in any log files I can find- it is
> > > almost as if the computer were unplugged. Anyone have any hints on
> > > this?
> >
> > Do you have a relatively recent kernel (>2.4.10)?  I know I had problems
> > with earlier ones, especially when the system ran out of memory.  Do you
> > have a mem/swap/cpu meter going on your desktop anywhere?  It might help
> > analyze the problem.
>
> Try installing the memtest image and putting something like
>
> image=/boot/memtest
> 	label=memtest
> 	root=/dev/md0
> 	read-only
> 	optional
> 	vga=normal
>
> in your /etc/lilo.conf, then rerunning lilo, and rebooting.  When I had a
> somewhat similar problem, it turned out to be a bad RAM chip, and when it
> was removed, so was the problem.

Ok, I found the memtest program, but I cant install that lilo setup- I dont 
have /dev/md0.   The man page says nothing about how to boot it, and neither 
does the web page..  how do I do this?

Jay

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