[PLUG] Memtest86 errors

[Alan]

On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 14:05 -0700, Robert Kopp wrote:
> One of my computers has been crashing unexpectedly on
> occasion. I ran Memtest86, and there are some errors,
> though they did not show up on the first pass.
> 
> Removal of RAM is the traditional way to correct such
> errors. However, I understand that when all such
> errors occur within a rather small range of addresses,
> as in this case, Linux can be instructed not to use
> these addresses. Can anyone refer me to sources of
> information on this?

There was a way to do it, but it was a hack and not standard.

If memory is failing, replace it.  Other areas will start to go bad in
many cases.