Strange things going on with 4.8

[Daniela]

On Monday 11 August 2003 02:42, Barry Pederson wrote:
> Daniela wrote:
> > I used sysutils/memtest from the ports, and let it run over night.
> > BTW, is there some kind of "operating system" that boots off a floppy and
> > just tests the memory? That would be useful because memtest can't test
> > all the memory.
> > What other diagnostic software could I use?
>
> memtest86, from http://memtest86.com has floppy or ISO images that boot
> and just test memory, pretty thoroughly.

I tried it, but it fails.
When I boot from the floppy, I see just a blinking cursor, and after five 
minutes or so, the machine reboots itself.
Does that mean everything's broken?

Daniela