On Sunday 10 February 2002 10:16 am, Jay Kline wrote: > 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? > Oops. My bad; my root directory is on a RAID partition, and yours is probably on something like hda1. Substitute hda1 or sb3 or whatever you've got as your real root directory. -- ------------------------------------- There's a widow in sleepy Chester Who weeps for her only son; There's a grave on the Pabeng River, A grave that the Burmans shun, And there's Subadar Prag Tewarri Who tells how the work was done. -------------------------------------