[sf-lug] memtest

[jim stockford]

$ memtest
bash : memtest : command not found
// change the value of your PATH environment variable
PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin
// don't mistype

# memtest
#
// must have been successful, but what happened?

# memtest --help
// does that provide any info?

$ man memtest
// that should yield a man page, does it?


On Feb 2, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Alex Kleider wrote:

> thanks, Sameer, Kristian and Asheesh;
> am I to conclude that memtest is only a boot option,
> and that testing memory is NOT something that can be done from the
> command line of an already running Linux system?
>
> $ memtest
> gave me a command not found message, while
>
> # memtest
> just immediately puts another command prompt onto the next line with no
> message of any kind and no indication that anything was done.
>
>
>
> a_kleider at yahoo.com
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