[CentOS] Now I can't shutdown [was: Screen blanks afteral p (Centos 5)]

On Sat, 19 May 2007, Matt Hyclak wrote:

> Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 13:21:23 -0400
> From: Matt Hyclak <hyclak at math.ohiou.edu>
> Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Now I can't shutdown [was: Screen blanks afteral p
>     	(Centos 5)]
> 
> On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 05:54:37PM +0300, Itay enlightened us:
>> Any recommendation how to proceed?
>> (The most pressing question: is it the hardware? Should I take
>> the box back to the seller?)
>>
>
> All of the above could certainly be caused by faulty hardware. I would run
> memtest on the machine for a while and see what it comes up with. I believe
> you can run it from the installer disk by typing "memtest" at the prompt.
>
> Matt

I memtest'ed, as you suggest, before this attempt to install. 
(This is the 2nd attempt; the 1st one was cumbered with errors 
related to mediacheck.)
The test (default settings, ~4hrs, 5 passes) was w/o errors.
I guess there is no harm in memtest'ing more.

Thanks,
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   Itay Furman  <centos at nospammail.net>
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