Bug 216257
| Summary: | RFE to make memory testing an install step | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Fedora Documentation | Reporter: | Karsten Wade <kwade> |
| Component: | install-guide | Assignee: | Paul W. Frields <stickster> |
| Status: | CLOSED NEXTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Paul W. Frields <stickster> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | devel | CC: | david, stickster |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2008-11-21 16:56:21 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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| Bug Blocks: | 161575 | ||
I'm not sure this belongs up front. It creates a confusing workflow for users. However, I am a big believer that we ought to point directly to this section in the "New Users" area. Would something like this suffice? -- "If you are having trouble with your installation freezing or crashing at different times, it is possible your computer's memory is at fault. To use the built-in memory testing application, refer to <CROSS_REFERENCE>." This content is currently in adminoptions.xml |
From a drive-by on IRC, an idea worth considering: < Melio> I wanted to make a suggestion for Fedora docs : memtest86 is already listed as an optional application for diagnostics, but it would seem that more and more people are installing fedora without testing ram FIRST then comming up with bad experiance with fedora and passing that around, and as bad news spreads like wildfire .. it may be wise to suggest ram is tested before installing - to quelsh rumors that fedora is unstable - when it' 19:54 < Melio> s bad hardware to blame 19:58 < Melio> the installation guide for one has good troubleshooting - but bad ram is unstability at random occurances - so seemingly, it wont' be noticable instantiously. - we got installation guide that has mem testing as : A.6.1. Loading the Memory (RAM) Testing Mode -- under boot options at the end of the document, I suggest putting this in the front of the document - boot options should be FIRST in installation notes/help