Stripped down Prime95

ColdFury · 2003-12-04, 23:44

Now we all know that Prime95 is a great hardware stresser, however it only runs within windows.

I was thinking, would it possible to strip down Prime95 to something small that could be run on a bootable floppy or bootable cd-rom and would only do a torture test? Maybe something similar to memtest86, but that stresses the CPU instead of memory. It would be great for testing the processor of a system you don't have a full installation on. And as a plus, it would get rid of those pesky device driver false error messages.

outlnder · 2003-12-05, 02:55

Have you tried putting it onto a Knoppix CD??

markhl · 2003-12-05, 03:25

Someone else suggested putting it on a USB Drive.
Other removable writable drives could be used of course.

Xyzzy · 2003-12-05, 05:38

http://www.iaeste.dk/~henrik/projects/mprime.html

E_tron · 2003-12-05, 22:31

can P95 run in DOS? Maybe it could be done that way

QuintLeo · 2003-12-06, 03:49

There is no current Prime95 client for DOS, and I rather doubt that George will write one for the very few DOS machines still around.

I think it might be doable under LINUX, but only if you have a non-floppy device in the machine to save the intermediate files - the client itself isn't all that much bigger than the DNet client (which I *did* get a working cut-down from muLINUX floppy system built for) but the intermediate files are multiple MEGS, way too big for a floppy.

ColdFury · 2003-12-06, 05:08

Well I was just thinking of it only doing torture tests, purely as a system testing tool. You wouldn't have networking support under DOS anyways.

The link Xyzzy posted looks to be a good solution.

ColdFury · 2003-12-06, 05:22

Eeeep, nevermind. All the file links on that page are dead.

ColdFury · 2003-12-07, 07:37

In trying to duplicate the now-missing program, I've been trying to run a couple floppy-based Linux distros. However, my knowledge of Linux is limited, and I don't know any way to add mprime to these distros (they all come as floppy image files, which I can't edit).

QuintLeo · 2003-12-08, 11:41

muLinux makes it relatively easy to edit what's on the floppy (ies). That's one of the prime reasons I worked with it.

2003-12-04, 23:44	#1
ColdFury Aug 2002 2⁶·5 Posts	Stripped down Prime95 Now we all know that Prime95 is a great hardware stresser, however it only runs within windows. I was thinking, would it possible to strip down Prime95 to something small that could be run on a bootable floppy or bootable cd-rom and would only do a torture test? Maybe something similar to memtest86, but that stresses the CPU instead of memory. It would be great for testing the processor of a system you don't have a full installation on. And as a plus, it would get rid of those pesky device driver false error messages.

2003-12-05, 02:55	#2
outlnder Aug 2002 100111110₂ Posts	Have you tried putting it onto a Knoppix CD??

2003-12-05, 03:25	#3
markhl Apr 2003 California 2²×23 Posts	Someone else suggested putting it on a USB Drive. Other removable writable drives could be used of course.

2003-12-05, 05:38	#4
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 202A₁₆ Posts	http://www.iaeste.dk/~henrik/projects/mprime.html

2003-12-05, 22:31	#5
E_tron Sep 2002 Austin, TX 3·11·17 Posts	can P95 run in DOS? Maybe it could be done that way

2003-12-06, 03:49	#6
QuintLeo Oct 2002 Lost in the hills of Iowa 1C0₁₆ Posts	There is no current Prime95 client for DOS, and I rather doubt that George will write one for the very few DOS machines still around. I think it might be doable under LINUX, but only if you have a non-floppy device in the machine to save the intermediate files - the client itself isn't all that much bigger than the DNet client (which I did get a working cut-down from muLINUX floppy system built for) but the intermediate files are multiple MEGS, way too big for a floppy.

2003-12-06, 05:08	#7
ColdFury Aug 2002 500₈ Posts	Well I was just thinking of it only doing torture tests, purely as a system testing tool. You wouldn't have networking support under DOS anyways. The link Xyzzy posted looks to be a good solution.

2003-12-06, 05:22	#8
ColdFury Aug 2002 2⁶×5 Posts	Eeeep, nevermind. All the file links on that page are dead.

2003-12-07, 07:37	#9
ColdFury Aug 2002 2⁶·5 Posts	In trying to duplicate the now-missing program, I've been trying to run a couple floppy-based Linux distros. However, my knowledge of Linux is limited, and I don't know any way to add mprime to these distros (they all come as floppy image files, which I can't edit).

2003-12-08, 11:41	#10
QuintLeo Oct 2002 Lost in the hills of Iowa 2⁶×7 Posts	muLinux makes it relatively easy to edit what's on the floppy (ies). That's one of the prime reasons I worked with it.