[lubuntu-users] Support

[Mark F]

On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 7:05 AM, Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> One thing to do is check for memory problems.
> ,,,
> * Use the down arrow key to select "Memory test (memtest86+)
>
...


That's *excellent* advice. About 20 years ago I would occasionally install
Linux. For a couple years I couldn't get it to install. It would freeze. I
thought it was a bad hard drive, or something about Linux had changed.
Someone mentioned "memtest" and sure enough, I had a bad memory stick.

It was so strange. I used Windows 95% of the time. It didn't freeze (even
when installing it). But, for some reason Linux touched that bad memory in
a way that caused my computer to hang. I would have never thought of memory
if someone hadn't mentioned it. (Even after experiencing it, I don't think
testing memory would come to mind very quickly.).

Mark
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