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On 13/06/13 16:47, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: |
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> recently my netbook got the habit of freezing sporadically. [...] |
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>[...] |
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> I ran a memtest a few months back and stopped it after 8 successful |
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> passes. I might try that again as soon as I find out how¹, but I'd |
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> think that a corrupt memory would cause something different than a full |
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> freeze. |
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It usually manifests in segfaults that seem to come at random. But it's |
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still worth a shot. It's very easy. Emerge "sys-apps/memtest86+" and |
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add this grub entry: |
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title=Memtest86+ |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /boot/memtest86plus/memtest.bin |
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(Adapt the "hd0,0" of course to be the same disk as the one you're using |
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to boot your kernel.) |
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That's it. Now your boot menu will include a "Memtest86+" option. This |
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is for grub 1 though. If you migrated to grub 2 by now, then I don't |
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know how that boot entry would look like. I suspect it will be some |
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300-line monstrosity or something :-| |
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