On Saturday 09 February 2002 06:38 pm, you wrote: > On Saturday 09 February 2002 05:39 pm, you wrote: > > Jay Kline <list at slushpupie.com> wrote: > > > I recently upgraded to an Athlon XP 1800+, and since then have been > > > having my computer just lock up from time to time. I know there is the > > > "bug" (or whatever its being called) that requires the mem=nopentium > > > option on boot, and I have done that. I have yet to figure out what > > > triggers the lock up, other than I am always in X (but then, I am > > > ALWAYS in X). There is nothing in any log files I can find- it is > > > almost as if the computer were unplugged. Anyone have any hints on > > > this? > > > > Do you have a relatively recent kernel (>2.4.10)? I know I had problems > > with earlier ones, especially when the system ran out of memory. Do you > > have a mem/swap/cpu meter going on your desktop anywhere? It might help > > analyze the problem. > > Try installing the memtest image and putting something like > > image=/boot/memtest > label=memtest > root=/dev/md0 > read-only > optional > vga=normal > > in your /etc/lilo.conf, then rerunning lilo, and rebooting. When I had a > somewhat similar problem, it turned out to be a bad RAM chip, and when it > was removed, so was the problem. Ok, I found the memtest program, but I cant install that lilo setup- I dont have /dev/md0. The man page says nothing about how to boot it, and neither does the web page.. how do I do this? Jay -- Jay Kline list at slushpupie.com http://www.slushpupie.com -- Be careful! Is it classified?