Vikas wrote: > I do have remote hands. When grub loads, it doesnt show the memtest86 option. > > "select mentest86 option in boot menu." > In which boot menu should I look for memtest86. ? > > I am currently logged into the box. It runs fine for a couple of hours > before it gives the kernel error. Can i run the memtest86 check from > the shell ? > > S > > On 12/13/05, Adriano Frare <alfrare at e-alinux.com> wrote: >> Vikas >> >> Do you have remote hand ? If yes, restart centos server and select >> mentest86 option in boot menu. >> >> Vikas wrote: >>> Is there a way to check the memory bank other then swapping in and out >>> the memory modules. I am 90 miles away from the server. So swapping in >>> and out the memory modules is really not an option, >>> >>> S >>> On 12/13/05, Adriano Frare <alfrare at e-alinux.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Check MEMORY BANK (RAM) >>>> >>>> Vikas wrote: >>>> >>>>> This server was running fedora core 2 till 12/2/2005. It had an >>>>> impressive uptime of 180 days or so. On friday I upgraded to CentOS >>>>> 4.2. After upgrading to CentOS 4.2 this server has been throwing >>>>> kernel panics every 10 hours or so. >>>>> >>>>> These are some of the error messages I am getting on the console: >>>>> "CPU 0:Machine check exception :4 Bank 0 : f672100000000833 >>>>> TSC 112180365ccf ADDR e2c7f7c0 >>>>> Kernel Panic - Not synching Machine Check" >>>>> >>>>> This is a production server. I would appreciate any help. >>>>> 1. You need to install memtest in order for it to work - perhaps get memtest86+ fro dag's repo, it will setup the grub entry for you. 2. Could you refrain from top posting please ? 3. Could you trim reply posts if possible ? Thanks :) -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq