On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:37:37 GMT, Jody
<jbruchon@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> I have the CRUX-2.1 distribution with a custom kernel installed on a
> computer that I built from an HP Pavilion's core (Trigem Cognac MB,
> Celeron 400, 64MB SDRAM, etc.) and I have a fishy little problem with
> it. When I used "make menuconfig" I would sometimes get restarts out
> of the blue, without warning. I used "make config" and built a kernel
> the hard way, but despite that, I can reproduce this unexpected
> restarting by logging in and then typing in:
>
> # dmesg | less
>
> and holding the "down" scroll button. Never fails. I flashed the
> BIOS to the latest revision that can be flashed to. Sometimes this
> restart causes ext3 journal corruption which results in boot failure.
>

Try memtest86.


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