On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:40:45 -0500
David Maxwell <david@crlf.net> wrote:


> Now I memtest86+ every new machine and every new piece of RAM before
> it goes into production.
> 
As do I.

Note that sysutils/memtestplus can be loaded via the standard NetBSD
boot loader or Grub.  It can be compiled to use a serial console, too;
the two together mean that I install it on all of my machines,
including (of course) every remote server.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb