[TAG] segmentation fault

[Benjamin A. Okopnik]

On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 03:23:04PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 10:01:32AM -0700, Mike Orr wrote:
> > Memory is a pain because there's so many subtle incompatibilities 
> > between the speed/type of memory and the motherboard's capacity.  So you 
> > have to take the existing memory chip or motherboard manual to the shop, 
> > to make sure you get the identical kind.  Look for places with a 
> > lifetime warranty on memory; that way, in a predicament like your 
> > current one, you can get it replaced for free.  Memory is like forty 
> > bucks for 512 MB, so it's no big deal anymore.  Unless you have some 
> > ultra-old type that isn't made anymore.  In that case you could go 
> > through the bins of $1 used memory at a PC recycling shop (RE-PC, etc), 
> > but with the subtle incompatibilities, it's much easier to just get a 
> > new motherboard and memory.
> 
> The generalization of which is: perform your cost benefit analyses,
> however informal, very carefully, and know what you're *really* trying
> to do: fix problems?  Or learn?

C'mon, Jay - the answer is, of course, "yes". :)


* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://linuxgazette.net *