[plug] Ubuntu woes

[Patrick Coleman]

On 6/20/08, Steve Baker <steve at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Dion wrote:
>
> > If the system is really slow to boot, install bootchart from the ubuntu
> repos.
> >
> > Bootchart will place a png file in /var/log/bootchart every time your boot
> the machine.
> > The bootchart image will show total boot time and duration for each
> service to start.
> > This may help you isolate key areas that are slow and better still, help
> you see if any changes really help.
> >
> > Hope this is helpful.
> > Cheers
> > Dion.
> >
> >
>
>  This is a great tip, thanks.
>
>  I left memtest86 running overnight, it found a single error on the 5th pass
> which is interesting.  I restarted memtest and left it running today whilst
> I'm at work.  The memtest seems to run in 'surges' in some of the tests.  By
> that I mean the % complete sits still, then surges forward, then sits still
> for a second or two, then jump again.  I expected the progress bar to move
> at a fairly constant rate, is this normal behaviour for any of the tests?

I saw that behavior on a couple of servers I was burning in recently.
They checked out ok, so I assumed it was normal.

-Patrick


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