[ale] final plea for help (more kernel panic info)

[Jonathan Rickman]

On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Ed Landa wrote:

> > I don't think it's a hard drive or IDE controller thing, my gut feeling is
> > that it's memory or CPU.  I say this b/c I can do normal disk IO and
>
> > How, at this point, can I diagnose whether it's hardware or software? Any
> > help, feedback, or assistance in understanding what I'm looking at when
>
> Grab a copy of memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/).  This code will give your
> memory an incredible workout.  If you've got bad memory, it will let you know.
>
> We just fixed a machine today that was spewing kernel panics when trying to
> install Redhat.  Looked like a CPU issue because of the wording of the panic,
> but memtest showed a big splotch of bad memory.  Took that DIMM out and it is
> running like a champ.

Now that Ed brings it up, the FIRE bootable forensics CD (iso available at
http://http://sourceforge.net/projects/biatchux/) includes this app. If
you've got another machine you can use to burn the image, this might save
a little time.

--
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net

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