"Paul (NCC/CS)" <pts@bom.gov.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> can someone tell me a command to test the ram in my ss5?
> I think there is something at the OpenBOOT prompt,
> but what? Or do you just disable fastboot, ie no command exists.


 Check out the "selftest-#megs" variable in OpenBOOT. You may want to set
 it to the number of MB of RAM in the machine. For example, 64 MB:

setenv selftest-#megs 64


 And the next time the machine is reset or powered on (or boots, i think)
it will test that much RAM.

 -johan