[sf-lug] memtester

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Alex Kleider (a_kleider at yahoo.com):

> # man memtest
> yielded no entry, but
> # memtest --help
> suggested I install memtester
> # apt-cache show memtest 
> was unhelpful but
> # apt-cache show memtester
> tells me that memtest is a utility for testing the memory subsystem:
> Is that fancy talk for just checking for the integrity of RAM?
> 
> So it can be done from the command line, I guess.

Um, I believe the two things you're looking for are Memtest86 and
Memtest86+ .  Each is something you boot into (either from your bootloader 
or from a live CD).

http://www.memtest86.com/
http://www.memtest.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memtest86

The old-fashioned way some of us _prefer_ to test RAM is this:
http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2006-December/002662.html
http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2006-December/002668.html
Note that this method spotted bad RAM that memtest86 had not.