Subject: Re: My 5000/25 decided to freeze
To: None <port-pmax@NetBSD.org>
From: Mauricio <supremedalek@hotpop.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 10/20/2003 05:29:44
At 20:03 +1000 10/18/03, Joel Reicher wrote:
> > >bad RAM,
>>
>> I do believe (fingers crossed) it is good. I may try my old
>> ram and see if there is a difference though.
>
>No need to go trial and error. There's a memory test you can run from
>the PROM, IIRC. I think the magic spell is `test mem'.
>
>Cheers,
>
> - Joel
Thanks for the info! I did the `test mem' from the PROM.
Since it returned the prompt, I assume it did not find anything worth
reporting (i.e. ram is good). So, I put the machine back alive and
online. I hope it will not freeze anymore.