hardware testing / burn in software
Hi List, Is there any freebsd based p.c hardware / burn in testing software available ? I ask as i am building 3 new servers and want to check all parts ie, mem, hdd, cpu etc before loading on my freebsd. What would be ideal is a micro kernal on a floppy disk or self booting cd with the testing software on the disk, i can only hope :-) Any help or advice is appreciated Thank you in advance Dave C ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hardware testing / burn in software
Hi List, Is there any freebsd based p.c hardware / burn in testing software available ? Someone suggested this to me when I had a suspected hardware problem earlier this month: http://www.memtest86.com/ cali ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hardware testing / burn in software
Dave Carrera schrieb: Hi List, Is there any freebsd based p.c hardware / burn in testing software available ? I ask as i am building 3 new servers and want to check all parts ie, mem, hdd, cpu etc before loading on my freebsd. What would be ideal is a micro kernal on a floppy disk or self booting cd with the testing software on the disk, i can only hope :-) Any help or advice is appreciated Thank you in advance Dave C For testing and stressing CPU/Cahce/memory interface look at /usr/ports/sysutils/cpuburn. For memory testing purposes /usr/ports/sysutils/memtest and /usr/ports/sysuitls/memtest86 is very useful, I would prefer latter due to an ISO image for autostart. For other purposes and device's testing I do not know any tool (under UNIX like FreeBSD), maybe bonny for harddrives? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hardware testing / burn in software
On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 03:37:32PM +0100, O. Hartmann wrote: Dave Carrera schrieb: Hi List, Is there any freebsd based p.c hardware / burn in testing software available ? I ask as i am building 3 new servers and want to check all parts ie, mem, hdd, cpu etc before loading on my freebsd. What would be ideal is a micro kernal on a floppy disk or self booting cd with the testing software on the disk, i can only hope :-) Any help or advice is appreciated Thank you in advance Dave C For testing and stressing CPU/Cahce/memory interface look at /usr/ports/sysutils/cpuburn. For memory testing purposes /usr/ports/sysutils/memtest and /usr/ports/sysuitls/memtest86 is very useful, I would prefer latter due to an ISO image for autostart. For other purposes and device's testing I do not know any tool (under UNIX like FreeBSD), maybe bonny for harddrives? For a burn-in test, I something like the following to be efficaceous: # cd /usr/src # while true ; do make buildworld buildkernel ; done and leave to compute vigourously overnight. If that can run continuously for 12 hours then you can be pretty confident that your hardware is A-OK. Plus if the magic smoke has not been emitted after 12 hours or so of that, you can be pretty confident you machine will stand up to load. Of course, this might not be exactly what the original poster wants as it does assume you've put at least a minimal install of FreeBSD on the system, together with all of the kernel and system sources. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 8 Dane Court Manor School Rd PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Tilmanstone Tel: +44 1304 617253 Kent, CT14 0JL UK pgpQSHecU5avt.pgp Description: PGP signature
