[Discuss] Server won't boot kernel. initramfs problem?

Rich Pieri richard.pieri at gmail.com
Sun Feb 24 19:49:53 EST 2013


On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:34:19 -0500
John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:

> My understanding is that ECC RAM merely makes a server crash on a
> memory error, not detect the error and alert the sysadmin. Is that
> not the case?

It does neither. ECC (error-correcting code) RAM corrects single-bit
errors automatically. No crash, no fuss, just reliable memory.

-- 
Rich P.



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