Subject: Re: Bug in /etc/security?
To: Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com>
From: Brian D Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 09/15/1999 00:22:20
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Dann Lunsford wrote:

> My *tentative* conclusion is that the 8MB I removed were bad.  Anybody 
> got a memory test?  Another possibility is that there's some sort of 
> 32MB boundary problem in VS3100m76's.  My money is on bad memory (I
> mean that literally, I'm putting in an order for 8MB to replace this
> from Keyways).

Don't rush on that just yet.  I'd suggest checking things further.  
Rotate the suspected bad chip back in and pull one of the ones you think
is good. Try crashing the system again.  I don't know of any conclusive
memory boundary issues, but I definitely wouldn't rule it out.

-brian.
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