I've made a remaster with devuan + linuxcnc + TDE + a lot of tools a while ago. Memtest is included, but I have not tested it. It also comes with "smictrl" which helps to keep the latency spikes under control (YMMV)
Download link is in the forum: https://forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc/40260-iso-to-test-exegnulinux-remasterd-with-linuxcnc-a-lots-of-tools-and-no-systemd nik Anno domini 2020 Wed, 28 Oct 21:52:14 +0100 CHRIS EPICIER via Emc-developers scripsit: > Hi all > > My first post here. > > I have two wishes: > > 1. I recently ran into problems with a dell precision T3500 of a > colleague of mine. I recommended this PC because of this post, where > the said pc is tested with excellent results. > > We had figures well above 100'000 nS. So I had to start digging into > the problems. In the course, I wanted to use memtest86+ off the USB > install stick, based on buster ISO 2.8.0 2020-09-07. I tried to > invoke memtest from the stick, but it fails, both when called from > "Advanced options | Memory diagnostic Tool (memtest86+)" or through > "Advanced options | Hardware detection tool (HDT) | Memory | Run test". > > If going through HDT, I get > > Loading /live/memtest... failed: no such file or directory > boot: > > "Loading /live/memtest... failed: no such file or directory > boot:" > > On the stick, in grub.cfg I could not find entries for memtest86 or > memtest86+. > > I think, for debugging memtest is very handy, so I kindly ask, if > memtest could not be added to the buster ISO? > > 2. When installing on a used HD/SSD, I regularly get to the situation, > where a disc has an incompatible partition table written. The > graphical installer runs into a problem then, writing a new > partition table. If on Ctrl-F1/2/3 terminal one could fire up say > "fdisk" and thus write an empty dos partition table, that whole > installation process could run through. > > A "nice to have" only. I get around this in aborting the > installation process, shutting down the PC, extracting the dis, > attach it to another PC, write an empty partition table to it and > the then restart the installation process from scratch. > > 3. Midnight commander in Ctrl-F1/2/3, please. > > I'd call it nice to haves, not need to have. But if available: sooo good! > > Greez > > chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
