can't build kernel [with CONFIG this time][[[FIXED]]]

/dev/null null at dnswatch.com
Wed Apr 27 19:27:32 PDT 2005


> Elliot Schlegelmilch wrote:
>> /dev/null wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> To anyone that was following this, or is interested. The problem
>>> turned out
>>> to be the fact that the new processor didn't play well with the RAM. A
>>> different stick of RAM solved it. :)
>>>
>>>
>> For future reference, if anything things 'weirdly', the memory tester at
>> http://www.memtest86.com/ is one of the first things I try.
>
> Remember that just because some random piece of software doesn't detect
> errors doesn't mean they don't exist.  Memtest86 has never found an
> error on anything I've run it on.
>
In my case I think it was just "sync" issues between the CPU cache and
the RAM. Although it could have been just that this processor drove
the RAM stick hard enough to make it fail. No matter, the stick of RAM is
working flawlessly in a different box. :)

-Chris

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