Ubuntu Stability (WAS: Ubuntu PPC 4.10 Installed on new Mac Mini)

Martin Schmitz ubuntu at zangpo.org
Wed Jan 26 00:28:48 UTC 2005


Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> As I said, I have already run the memory test for 7 hours some time ago,
> which reported no errors whatsoever. I so wish it was just ram, as it's
> cheap and easy to replace...
> I will try running the test overnight anyway, you never know...

If memtest shows errors you can assume that your memory is defect, but I
wouldn't trust it the other way round. Try compiling a kernel with 'make
-j bzimage'. If you get a signal 11 error your memory is defect. If not,
it's likely not.

Martin




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