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From Terry Fielder
Subject Re: hardware checks (was Re: invalid memory alloc request
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In response to hardware checks (was Re: invalid memory alloc request size)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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I second Tom:

badblocks and memtest86 are what I use and works great on all kinds of
hardware.  You don't even need a specific OS for memtest86 because you
can make a bootable floppy and test any old piece of hardware it recognizes.

Terry


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Terry Fielder
terry@greatgulfhomes.com
Associate Director Software Development and Deployment
Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes
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