LisPi on Nostr: I would recommend the use of the [memtest]() parameter in Linux kernel parameters as ...
I would recommend the use of the [memtest](
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt) parameter in Linux kernel parameters as a precautionary measure, especially if one doesn't have ECC memory.
The setting should be >1 (e.g. `memtest=7`) because if the test is mere zeroing, then that won't be enough on its own to catch a number of malfunctions.
Errors caught result in segments being automatically reserved so the kernel and programs do not use them.
This is of course not going to protect against faults that develop during the current uptime of a machine.
Published at
2026-01-29 22:49:59 UTCEvent JSON
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