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Re: lame memory question

To: misc_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org
Subject: Re: lame memory question
From: Seth Arnold <sarnold_(_at_)_willamette_(_dot_)_edu>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 18:51:28 -0800
Mail-followup-to: misc_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org

* Jim Breton <jamesb-openbsd_(_at_)_alongtheway_(_dot_)_com> [001205 17:16]:
> Is there any circumstance under which the OS can cause a memory error
> that persists even after a reboot?  (This is on the i386 platform.)

Sure. It can toast the CMOS/NVRAM of the motherboard, if it is taught to
do so. It might not even be that difficult.

As to whether this is your problem, I just don't know. <shrug>

Best of luck. :)

-- 
``Oh Lord; Ooh you are so big; So absolutely huge; Gosh we're all
really impressed down here, I can tell you.''

References:
- lame memory question
  - From: Jim Breton

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