Running a Memory Test from Linux

Here's how you can download and run the memtester memory testing program while in Linux (instead of using a boot cd with it on it):

# wget http://pyropus.ca/software/memtester/memtester-4.0.5.tar.gz
# tar -xzvf memtester-4.0.5.tar.gz
# chown -R root:root memtester-4.0.5
# cd memtester-4.0.5
# make
# free -m (shows memory count)

Do this to test (use your memory size instead of 256):
#./memtester 256

If there is a newer version, you should use that. This was current as of today.