Ubuntu 6.06 Machine Constantly locking up.

[Christofer C. Bell]

On 8/22/06, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If that doesn't turn up anything, run the memtest utility
> (pretty sure it's an option on the install cd, or download and
> burn yourself a cd with that on it.)   If it shows errors that's
> likely your problem.  If it dies doing that, suspect the power supply...

It's actually an option during a normal boot.  Hit ESC at the Starting
GRUB prompt and select memtest86 from the menu:

>From the installed /boot/grub/menu.lst:

title           Ubuntu, memtest86+
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/memtest86+.bin
boot

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Chris

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