Subject: Ram testing (was Re: Tape boot work)
To: Julian Coleman <J.D.Coleman@newcastle.ac.uk>
From: Simon Raahauge DeSantis <xiamin@ghostpriest.rakis.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 03/10/1999 15:18:39
On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 08:17:29AM +0000, Julian Coleman wrote:
> Bob Keys wrote:
> > Well, it takes forever to test on bootup with 32M. Anyway, if
> > the ram wont conflict with the swap size, then I will stuff the
> > memory boards in.
>
> The easy way - when it's running NetBSD (or SunOS), run :
>
> eeprom "selftest-#megs=1"
Couldn't you just set it to 0? Why, if you don't want to test the ram, test
only one meg?
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-Simon Raahauge DeSantis