StressLinux¶

stresslinux is a minimal linux distribution running from a bootable cdrom, usb, vmware or via PXE (wip). stresslinux makes use of some utitlities available on the net like: stress, cpuburn, hddtemp, lm_sensors ... stresslinux is dedicated to users who want to test their system(s) entirely on high load and monitoring the health.

Installation¶

Download stresslinux07190-XXX.tar.gz to / https://sourceforge.net/projects/erpxe/files/plugins/

Extract stresslinux07190-XXX.tar.gz file:

tar -xvzf stresslinux07190-XXX.tar.gz

Download stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.190-Build1.10-pxe.tar.bz2 to a temporary folder: http://www.stresslinux.org/sl/downloads

Extract stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.190-Build1.10-pxe.tar.bz2 file

tar -xfj stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.190-Build1.10-pxe.tar.bz2

Copy vmlinuz to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.190.md5 /tftpboot/image/
cp stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.190.gz /tftpboot/image/
cp initrd-netboot-suse-11.4.x86_64-2.1.1.gz /tftpboot/er/plugins/stress/
cp initrd-netboot-suse-11.4.x86_64-2.1.1.kernel.2.6.37.6-0.20-default /tftpboot/er/plugins/stress/initrd-netboot-suse-11.4.x86_64-2.1.1.kernel.2.6.37.6-0.20-default

Verify files with filelist.txt in each folder. All Done!