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Old 9th August 2008
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Originally Posted by gosha View Post
...I installed stress, but, sorry, I can't figure out what parameters should I run it with.
The man page provides a brief overview, the info page provides more detailed information.

As you know, memtest86 is a stand-alone booted application which stress tests RAM. Those tests can sometimes point out other problem areas, particularly with CPU(s) and front-side-bus interconnection to RAM. But memtest86 is primarily a RAM tester.

The "stress" package allows one to stress test other components -- in particular, you want to stress test CPU and I/O. Stress can also put load on your virtual memory system (swap/page) but that is more helpful for sizing or tuning rather than attempts to cause a hardware failure.

I would use stress to test CPU and I/O load. Here's an example of loading up CPU and I/O a bit, and watching what happens:$ stress -c 30 -d 30 &
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