Yep - you can use dd. Insert your Installation disk (I'm usign MDK 8.0 but it should be roughly the same).
'dd if=/mnt/cdrom/images/memtest.bin of=/dev/fd0' That' will copy the memtest.bin image file onto you floppy disk. It'll overwrite anything on the disk so make sure there's nothing on there you want to keep. Boot with it in the floppy drive and you'll get a blue screen and it'll start performing the memtest automatically. Good Luck. > -----Original Message----- > From: John Cichy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 8:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] resizing partitions > > After another crash last night I pulled out the third stick, so far so > good, > but I would like to do a mem test. > > One problem with this, I have NO windoze boxes, and have not for about 3 > years now. can this be done with dd and if so what is the comand? > > TIA, > John > > On Sunday 27 January 2002 11:27, you wrote: > > With 768 meg or RAM, you'll be hard pushed to use any swap at all I'd > have > > thought! > > > > Before you go off fidling with partitions, I'd fire up your installation > > disk in windows and use RAWWRITE to dump the MEMTEST image to a floppy > > disk. Reboot with the floppy in and MEMTEST will boot automatically. Let > it > > test your memory (it'll take a while with 768 meg!). Make sure you don't > > have some flaky memory - it could cause the problem you are describing. > > > > As for seeing all of you memory in Use under Linux, this is perfectly > > normal, and it a GOOD thing - Linux uses as much memory as it can to > cache > > stuff, to improve response time. Unused memory is wasted memory in Unix > > parlance. If any programs request memory which is being used for > buffering > > or cache, then it will be released by the kernel and given to the > requsting > > task. > > > > I suspect you'll find that more swap has no effect on your "lock-up's" > but > > by all means try - it's always good experience, providing you don't lose > > anything! > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Cichy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 1:38 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] resizing partitions > > > > > > Well, I am having a problem with it locking up, and I want to make > sure > > > it is > > > not something in the original config. Using the old train of thought I > > > configured a 128mg swap. I have 768mg real memory. If I do a 'free -m' > I > > > will > > > see very little use of the swap (1-8megs) but real stays close to > 750mg, > > > as > > > the system aproches 768 the swap does not increase, but if I go over > 768 > > > everything locks up. So I figure the first thing I need to do is > bring > > > the > > > swap up to what everyone is recomending, I have a 40gig and and a > 60gig > > > drive > > > in the box, so there is no reason why I should not at least try the > > > 'double > > > the ram idea'. > > > > > > Actually I was hoping that diskdrake would acomplish this because I > was > > > able > > > to resize my son's windoze partition when he wanted to play with linux > > > and I > > > installed mandrake. Funny, this is the first time I have found a linux > > > tool > > > that will do to windoze what it won't do for itself <GRIN>. > > > > > > John > > > > > > On Saturday 26 January 2002 18:23, you wrote: > > > > I believe GnuPartEd can non-destructively resize partitions, but > make > > > > > > sure > > > > > > > you have any important data backed up first, just in case. > > > > > > > > What makes you think you need to resize your swap partition anyway? > > > > Does your machine come close to utilising all of your existing swap > > > > space > > > > > > now? > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: John Cichy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 10:49 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [newbie] resizing partitions > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > After following the swap partition thread, I have realized > that I > > > > should > > > > increase my swap partition, how can I do this without > distroying > > > > data? 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