Re: [gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Monday 22 August 2005 05:51, Rajat Gujral wrote:
> hi,
>
> i am not able to locate memtest86 ... can u pls guide me with it .. I have
> changed my ide cable but the DMA_INTR are still coming ..
>
>
>
> Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the first suspect when the box behaves abnormal, is to run memtest86 for a
> while - like 4h.
>
> If it finds some errors, congratulation, ou found the culprit - if not, try
> something different ;)
>
> If your dma-errors are harddisk related, a new ide-cable may solve your
> problem... this little bastards are broken so fast and easily, it is
> sickening.

emerge -s memtest:
sys-apps/memtest86
      Latest version available: 3.2
      Latest version installed: 3.2
      Size of downloaded files: 128 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.memtest86.com/
      Description: A stand alone memory test for x86 computers
      License:     GPL-2

*  sys-apps/memtest86+
      Latest version available: 1.60
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 143 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.memtest.org/
      Description: Memory tester based on memtest86
      License:     GPL-2

it des not matter which one you choose, just install it (mount /boot before 
you start emerging!), edit grub.conf so you have such a line:
title=MEMTEST86
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86/memtest.bin

and the next boot, choose it and let it run for some hours.

If memtest does not find any errors, check the harddisk.
smart should be enabled, smartmontools are a good collection to read out the 
smart data. Errors? Uh, time for a new harddisk.

And then there is badblocks, which you should run too.
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