When you boot the livecd at the kernel prompt (where you normally type
gentoo) you should type memtest86 to start memtest. I'm pretty sure
thats how I did it last time I needed it but I'm not gonna reboot to
find out :)<br>
<br>
-Mike<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/21/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rajat Gujral</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:natkhat_2k@yahoo.com">natkhat_2k@yahoo.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>hi,</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>i am not able to&nbsp;locate memtest86 ... can u pls guide me with
it .. I have changed my ide cable but the DMA_INTR are still coming ..</div><div><span class="e" id="q_105dc53d8b3533e8_1">
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><br><br><b><i>Volker Armin Hemmann &lt;<a href="mailto:volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de</a>&gt;</i></b>
 wrote:</div>
<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">Hi,<br><br>the first suspect when the box behaves abnormal, is to run memtest86 for a <br>while - like 4h.<br><br>If it finds some errors, congratulation, ou found the culprit - if not, try 
<br>something different ;)<br><br>If your dma-errors are harddisk related, a new ide-cable may solve your <br>problem... this little bastards are broken so fast and easily, it is <br>sickening.<br>-- <br><a href="mailto:gentoo-user@gentoo.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
gentoo-user@gentoo.org</a> mailing list<br><br></blockquote><br><br></span></div><div><span class="e" id="q_105dc53d8b3533e8_2">Rgds &amp; Thnx<br><br>Rajat Gujral<br><br><br>+=====================================================+
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