How to run Memtest - friskythecat

Thanks for all the suggestions regarding packaging memtest as .app, adding an application icon, making memtest double-clickable in the finder, etc. These are all good suggestions for a Mac application and I'm considering all of them for future releases.

However, first and foremost in my mind is the functionality of the program. It does its best work in single-user mode where it can test all of the memory Apple makes available (which is slightly less than the amount that's reported as free, for those who were interested). In single-user mode, memtest existing as a double-clickable application with bundled icons, etc. gives the user no real benefit but creates considerably more work for me. So far, I've preferred to devote the limited amount of free time I have to work on the program to fixing minor bugs and adding real value to memtest. For example. I'm currently working on adding automatic DIMM slot identification for failing tests. I think everyone would agree that my time is much better spent adding that feature than adding an icon and GUI niceties. These will come in time but for now, making memtest the definitive memory testing application for the Mac (and getting Apple to acknowledge it) is my primary goal.

Thanks for all your feedback, both positive and negative.

Tony

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Wednesday, January 26 2005 @ 09:05 PM PST

How to run Memtest - Carola Clavo

Found lots of failures. This days I am having some kernel panics. How can I interpretate the test results? Thank you

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Monday, May 16 2005 @ 07:12 AM PDT

How to run Memtest - Jerry Kindall

Starting a command with "." does not mean the executable is in the user's home directory, it means it's in the current directory. As the instructions clearly state, you can run memtest by changing to whatever directory memtest is in, then entering ./memtest to tell it that memtest is in the current directory.

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Sunday, May 29 2005 @ 06:59 PM PDT