[ale] how do I test 4 GB or more of RAM

[Scott McBrien]

There is a version of the Linux kernel known as the 'memtest' kernel.  Redhat uses to include this on their installer media, maybe Fedora also has it?  In any event, it writes various data into all the memory registers.  Depending on your processor and amount of ram, it might take a long time.

-Scott

On Oct 29, 2012, at 8:27 PM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> I just upgraded my Dad's pc from 2 GB to 4 GB of RAM.  I want to test the RAM.  You can't easily get to the memory test or the md5 test any more from the Ubuntu Desktop live cd.  I booted the Ubuntu 11.10 alternate 64 bit cd and selected memory test.  The CPU is an AMD Athlon 64 chip.  Apparently, though, the MemTest86+ is running in 32 bit mode.  It's only reporting 3.89 GB being tested.  I need to know how to test all the RAM, although it's unlikely that the last .11 GB has an error when the other didn't.  But, what if I had 8 GB, etc.  I want it all.
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> Any help is greatly appreciated.
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> Sincerely,
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> Ron
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