Subject: Re: how to test ram?
To: Paul (NCC/CS) <pts@bom.gov.au>
From: Michael-John Turner <mj@turner.org.za>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/17/2006 12:24:46
On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 04:34:32PM +1000, Paul (NCC/CS) wrote:
> 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.

You can try enabling the full diagnostics. Do a 
setenv diag-switch? true
at the OpenBoot prompt and then reboot (the '?' is part of the variable,
so don't omit it!). 

The tests are not the most thorough, but they've helped me find faulty RAM
in the past.

-mj
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