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How to load stresslinux in RAM?

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:02:32 +0000

Hi. How to load stresslinux in RAM? Thanks.

USB RAW file

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:07:40 +0000

The USB .raw file unzips to 1,143,996,416 bytes which is just too large to fit onto my 1Gb USB drive.
Given that the .iso image is barely a quarter of that size, it would seem likely that it doesn't actually need to be so large.
Is there any way of shrinking the .raw file so that I can fit it onto my USB drive? (Or even a 512Mb drive for that matter)

Thanks
Paul

Utility and reliability of cloud computing

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:02:05 +0000

Well, the time has passed and now we aren't using DOS or playing in Atari, are we? Before we used to save data on tapes, then the hard disks became popular, after that we all used floppies... CDs appeared, USB memory sticks too, then DVDs, etc. etc. Now we have blu-ray and 1TB hard disks, as well as desktop and laptop computers with 6GB RAM.
Mobility arrived and now it's for everyone: first, the cellphones made calls and sent SMSs; now, we have small machines with a shiny capacitive touch screen that do everything and also make phone calls and send emails, MMS, SMS, WAP messages, etc. and access the Internet.

Cloud computing arrived. Nowadays, there are lots of web services that allow you to store your digital life anywhere - and that can be both very good or very bad.

On one hand, you can send your files, contacts, notes to a "private" area on the internet and access them from everywhere, using your mobile phone, PDA, multimedia player (thinking on the iPad), netbook, notebook, laptop, desktop, or any public computer. You can work and collaborate on a work online (thinking on eyeOS 2), you can meet online (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), you can construct your farm online (thinking on Facebook's FarmVille) . Resuming: what before was saved on your computer's hard disk, can be now saved online (on the servers' hard disk. There are operating systems developed specifically to work with the cloud (Google Chrome OS).

On the other hand, any hacker can get in touch with your private data, and if your internet connection fails (or the server's connection) you won't access your private data during some moments (minutes, hours, days (thinking on SixServe and its upgrade to version 4, server1 restoration, etc)). And some geeks won't sleep so well if they think their data isn't saved on their hard disk .

This is my opinion about reliability (a bit longer, sorry for those that don't like reading).
About utility, I think it depends. Depends if you need to be accessing your files and communicating with others on the go. If you only need to use your computer and the information stored on your PC by evening, after work, and you don't need to work in group, then I don't think cloud computing would be so useful for you.
However, if you need to be permanently online and constantly needing your files, contacts, emails, needing to collaborate 24 hours a day with others in a group (thinking on a concept introduced in eyeOS 2), from my point of view cloud computing would be really useful.

If you don't know what cloud computing is, I think some reading and goggling would be really useful.
If you want a good example of cloud computing you can try eyeOS 2 here:
http://beta.eyeos.info/
Or try version 1.9 (more stable) of eyeOS available on Goona Webtop:
http://goonawebtop.tk - Create an account (recommended) or use the demo account (user: demo; password: demo)

I want to know other opinions about cloud computing.
Do you think it is fine to have your data online?
Would it be useful to have a social network combined with a cloud desktop?

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Odd Welcome

Mon, 30 May 2011 13:04:04 +0000

Greetings!

I just registered and sent in my first post - civilized, appropriate, and on-topic, I assure you - and I received the following welcome from this forum:

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Not a very warm welcome.

But before giving up on the stresslinux forums entirely - first impressions are important - could someone be kind enough to help me figure out what is going on?

Thank you,

Laz

downloading from site fails. bittorrent?

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:20:36 +0000

Hi all--

trying to get the latest version from the website but the download keeps failing. have tried from two different places, one with Firefox, one with wget. Wouldn't be that big a deal if either one could find a direct link to the file and do an HTTP 'continue' download. But since the download is abstracted behind something (php?) there appears to be no direct link.

I can't find a mirror site or a torrent either. I'd gladly share my torrent back indefinitely if there were one

Any chance someone could do an official torrent of the downloads? paste an SHA-1 or MD5 on the website for verification?

much appreciated! thx!

-Matt

How to copy my own script and config file on the usb

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:11:50 +0000

Hello, How to copy my own script and config file (sutch as initab, ifcfg-eth* ...) on the usb stresslinux made with dd? when I try from the computer I used to make the usb I obtain permission denied, even if I change the owner of the file with chown ..... If someone have a idea....

How to boot on non-pae CPU ?

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:42:44 +0000

I am trying to test some older dell laptops, but both version 0.5.113 and 0.4.136 complain about the cpu not having pae. Is there a way to used these versions on older cpu's ?

Thanks

Booting through PXE

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:51:01 +0000

Hi, I currently trying to boot stresslinux 0.3.1 through Pxe and facing a strange issue....

If I use the syntaxe described in the file /boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg for the APPEND param in my Pxe server, I got Kernel Panic.....

Does any body hvae already solve this issue? When a new Pxe version of StressLinux will be release?

NB: the forum seem to be buggy... It wanna access to h ttp ://comunity/... instead of h tt p://www.stresslinux. org/community/.... to post responce, change URL by yourself!

Kernel Panic on Acer laptop

Wed, 19 May 2010 16:26:56 +0000

I just got hold of an Acer Aspire and I wanted to do some stress testing.

When I try to boot to the default, I get a kernel panic, referencing init. I tried to boot with noinitrd, and I got a kernel panic NFS and VFS errors.

This is an intel SU2700 on an Acer Aspire 5810TZ.

here's from vanilla boot:
pivot_root: No such file or directory
/sbin/init: 432: Cannot open dev/console: No such file
Kernl Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

And here's from noinitrd
Root_NFS: No NFS server available, giving up.
VFS: Unable to mount root FS via NFS, trying floppy
VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER

loading memtest works okay.

New soft to stress CPU

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:28:29 +0000

Hi,

Is it possible to add [url=http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/]mprime[/url] and/or [url=http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/hpl/]hpl[/url]? HPL is a real CPU killer

Regards,
kfgz

MemTest Problem. When i try to select this option i get "kernel is not found"

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:12:52 +0000

Hello.

First of all I would like to thank the developers for their work. I really like this Live CD! It is very useful.

But I have the problem that i wrote in the title of the topic. This problem arises in last versions (0.5.111,0.4.136,0.4.111), and in version 0.3.1 everything was okay. Can anybody help me? Or I should use old version?

I also ought to say that i came in Linux world not so long ago, so i admit that i'm doing something wrong. I'll be glad if you show me the way to solve this problem.

stress linux commands

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:04:10 +0000

Hi, can somebody tell me some tricks for stress linux commands like burn p5 or burn mx???? thx!

Happy New Year

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:19:32 +0000

I would like to say Happy New Year to all.
See you guys later.

Let me make you smile a bit.

[img]http://blog.sajithm.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/HappyNewYear.jpg[/img]
Funny Jokes.

[b]Life After Death [/b]
A boss asked one of his employees, "Do you believe in life after death?"
"Yes, sir," replied the new employee. "I thought you would," said the boss. "Yesterday after you left to go to your grandmother's funeral, she stopped in to see you!"

[b]Support a Family [/b]
The prospective son-in-law was asked by his girl friend's father, "Son, can you support a family?"
"Well, no, sir," he replied. "I was just planning to support your daughter. The rest of you have to fend for yourselves."

[b]The Water Pistol [/b]
My five year old son squealed with delight when he opened his birthday present from his grandmother. It was a water pistol. He promptly ran to the sink to fill it.

"Mom," I said. I'm surprised at you. "Don't you remember how we used to drive you crazy with water pistols?" My mom smiled and said, "Yes, I remember."

Triple Boot

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:36:00 +0000

Hi!!
I am using Windows Xp Sp2 and want to install the Linux and MAC.
I need help regarding installing all three Operating System on the same computer.
Is it possible?
If yes then How?

HI!!

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:04:51 +0000

I am new to this forum and would like to say Happy New Year to all.
See you guys later.

Let me make you smile a bit.

[img]http://blog.sajithm.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/HappyNewYear.jpg[/img]
Funny Jokes.

[b]Life After Death [/b]
A boss asked one of his employees, "Do you believe in life after death?"
"Yes, sir," replied the new employee. "I thought you would," said the boss. "Yesterday after you left to go to your grandmother's funeral, she stopped in to see you!"

[b]Support a Family [/b]
The prospective son-in-law was asked by his girl friend's father, "Son, can you support a family?"
"Well, no, sir," he replied. "I was just planning to support your daughter. The rest of you have to fend for yourselves."

[b]The Water Pistol [/b]
My five year old son squealed with delight when he opened his birthday present from his grandmother. It was a water pistol. He promptly ran to the sink to fill it.

"Mom," I said. I'm surprised at you. "Don't you remember how we used to drive you crazy with water pistols?" My mom smiled and said, "Yes, I remember."

New on the board.

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:24:42 +0000

I am a new in this forum.I am a Software Engineer.I am doing job in Software Company.I like chat,making friends,music and making software.I like also play the games.Searching new things is one of my hobby.Hope to share with you here a lot and i hope to see your post soon to get to know you.

PXE

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:04:41 +0000

Hej folks,

I'm trying to get stresslinux working using PXE.
On the download page I can only find an older PXE version - v0.3.1.
Is this on purpose?

After booting the 0.3.1 version (with initrd) it stops with a kernel panic because it can't open /dev/console.
I tried the 0.4.136 version (64 bit) by taking the oem image, mounting it and copying the files to my pxe root, but when boothing that from PXE it fails to mount the root filesystem (no big surprise as I guess it's looking for a USB stick orso).

So my question: what is the recommended method of getting stresslinux working in a PXE environment?

Thanks for reading.

My list of linux Shortcuts

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:50:01 +0000

Linux Shortcuts and Commands

Switch to the first text terminals. Under Linux you can have several (6 in standard setup) terminals opened at the same time. This is a keyboard shortcut, which means: "press the control key and the alt key, hold them. Now press . Release all keys."

(n=1..6)
Switch to the nth text terminal. (The same could be accomplished with the rarely used command chvt n. "chvt" stands for "change virtual terminal"). In text terminal (outside X), you can also use (the key is not needed).

tty
Print the name of the terminal in which you are typing this command. If you prefer the number of the active terminal (instead of its name), it can be printed using the command fgconsole (="foreground console").

Switch to the first GUI terminal (if X-windows is running on the 7th terminal, where it typcially is).

(n=7..12)
Switch to the nth GUI terminal (if a GUI terminal is running on screen n-1). On default, the first X server is running on terminal 7. On default, nothing is running on terminals 8 to 12--you can start subsequent X server there.

(In a text or X terminal) Autocomplete the command if there is only one option, or else show all the available options. On newer systems you may need to press . THIS SHORTCUT IS GREAT, it can truely save you lots of time.

(In a text or X terminal) Scroll and edit the command history. Press to execute a historical command (to save on typing). scrolls back.

Scroll terminal output up. This works also at the login prompt, so you can scroll through your bootup messages. The amount/usage of your video memory determines how far back you can scroll the display. scrolls the terminal output down.

<+>
(in X-windows) Change to the next X-server resolution (if you set up the X-server to more than one resolution). For multiple resolutions on my standard SVGA card/monitor, I have the following line in the file /etc/X11/XF86Config (the first resolution starts on default, the largest resolution determines the size of the "virtual screen"):
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384" "480x300" "400x300" "1152x864"Z
Of course, first I had to configure the X server, either by using Xconfigurator, xf86config, or manually by edition the file /etc/X11/XF86Config, so that it supports the above resolutions (mostly the matter of uncommenting the line that defines my video chipset, and specifying the synchronization frequencies my monitor supports). XFdrake (Mandrake configuration utility) can do it from GUI. See also the commands xvidtune and xvidgen.

<->
(in X-windows) Change to the previous X-server resolution.

(in X-windows, KDE) Kill the window I am going to click with my mouse pointer (the pointer changes to something like a death symbol). Similar result can be obtained with the command xkill (typed in X-terminal). Useful when an X-window program does not want to close (hangs?).

(in X-windows) Kill the current X-windows server. Use if the X-windows server cannot be exited normally.

(in text terminal) Shut down the system and reboot. This is the normal shutdown command for a user at the text-mode console. Don't just press the "reset" button for shutdown!

c
Kill the current process (works mostly with small text-mode applications).

d
(pressed at the beginning of an empty line) Log out from the current terminal. See also the next command.

d
Send [End-of-File] to the current process. Don't press it twice else you also log out (see the previous command).

s
Stop the transfer to the terminal.

q
Resume the transfer to the terminal. Try if your terminal mysteriously stops responding. See the previous command.

z
Send the current process to the background.

exit
Logout. I can also use logout for the same effect. (If you have started a second shell, e.g., using bash, this command will make you exit the second shell, and you will be back in the first shell, not logged out. Then use another exit to logout.)

reset
Restore a screwed-up terminal (a terminal showing funny characters) to default setting. Use if you tried to "cat" a binary file. You may not be able to see the command as you type it, but it still will work.

Paste the text which is currently highlighted somewhere else. This is the normal "copy-paste" operation in Linux. It a fast and powerful supplement to the widely-known GUI "copy-paste" menu-based operation. (It doesn't work inside older versions of Netscape which use the Mac/MS Windows-style "copy-paste" exclusively. It does work in the text terminal if you enabled "gpm" service using "setup". It also works inside any dialog boxes, etc.--really convenient!) It is best used with a Linux-ready 3-button mouse (Logitech or similar) or else set "3-mouse button emulation". The is normally emulated on a 2-button mouse by pressing both mouse buttons simultanously.

~
(tilde character) My home directory (normally the directory /home/my_login_name). For example, the command cd ~/my_dir will change my working directory to the subdirectory "my_dir" under my home directory. Typing just "cd" alone is an equivalent of the command "cd ~". I keep all my files in my home directory.

.
(dot) Current directory. For example, ./my_program will attempt to execute the file "my_program" located in your current working directory.

..
(two dots) Directory parent to the current one. For example, the command cd .. will change my current working directory one one level up.

Some additional KDE keyboard shortcuts (useful, but non-essential)
Walk through windows. To walk backwards:
Walk through desktops. To walks backwards:
Show the table of processes running on my system. Allow me to kill any of the processes I started (or send other signals to them).
Access the K-menu ("Equivalent to MS Windows "Start" menu).
Emulate the mouse using the arrow keys on the keyboard.
Drag a window to move it. Normally, I move a window by dragging its top title bar, but occassionally I manage to get it off the screen. With this shortcut, I can drag by any part of the window.
Take a snapshot of the current window into the clipboard.
Take a snapshot of the entire desktop into the clipboard.
Lock the desktop.
Toggle hide/show the desktop (great to hide the Solitaire game when your boss walks in).

(Non-essential.) This is a group of key combinations implemented at the Linux kernel level (a low level). It means, chances are these key combinations will work most of the time. The combinations are meant for debugging purposes and in an emergency (mostly developers); you should try other, safer solutions first. The key is also knows on PC as . The combinations can be enabled/disabled by setting the relevant kernel variable to "1" or "0", e.g. : echo "1" > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
Kill all processes (including X) which are running on the currently active virtual console. This key combination is know as "secure access key" (SAK).
Send the TERM signal to all running processes except init, asking them to exit.
Send the KILL signal to all running processes except init. This may be more successful in killing runaway processes than the previous key combination, but it may cause some of them to exit abnormally.
Send the KILL signal to all processes, including init. The system will not be functional.
Run an emergency sync (cache write) on all mounted filesystems. This can prevent data loss.
Remount all mounted filesystems as read-only. This has the same effect as the sync combination above, but with one important benefit: if the operation is successful, fsck won't have to check all filesystems after a computer hardware reset.
Turn off keyboard raw mode. This can be useful when your X session hangs. After issueing this command you may be able to use .
Reboot immediately without syncing or unmounting your disks. Your will likely end up with filesystem errors.
Shut the system off (if configured and supported).

Dump the current registers and flags to your console.
Dump a list of current tasks and their information to your console.
Dump memory info to your console.
SysRq> The digit is '0' to '9'. Set the console log level, controlling which kernel messages will be printed to your console. For example, '0' will cause only emergency messages like PANICs or OOPSes displayed on your console.
Display help. Also, any other unsupported combination will display the same help.

My thoughts for this site

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:15:43 +0000
Hey friends,

Well I think that "Features- Quality Hosting,High Storage, High Bandwidth, Fast Service, and Good Community...Price- A Few Posts on a Forum."
I think you should add more general and related topics for this site.I have learn lot from this site and so many questions of mine are come to an end by having and reading healthy discussion with members.Speed of response also the best.
Thank you..

Review of StressLinux

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:01:00 +0000
We've just posted a review of StressLinux on Linux Critic for those interested.
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