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bong.mau 05-30-2007 01:29 PM
pc hardware tests...
 
Hi

i need to obatin info about GPL or opensource pc hw tests...
i'm using memetest to test memory
fsck to test hard disk...
to test cdrom i using suse installation
cdrom..it call a pgm that veryfy checksum of cd...
the first question is what is the name of this pgm ?
(i want to put this pgm on a live cd to test hw an machines before installing )

are there any other hw test available in linux ?

any info about will be appreciated ...

thanks in advance

Maurizio

marozsas 05-30-2007 02:24 PM
I believe (in fact, I tested in my machine, right now) you can use md5sum on the cdrom device, directly.
Code:
miguel@babylon5:~> md5sum /dev/dvd
c95a8e69235b66adba6673a941d1956d  /dev/dvd
miguel@babylon5:~>
and the number it returns is the same for the ISO image I've downloaded early. Cool !


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