memtest86 and ISO burning HOWTO on Linux

# create a memtest directory
mkdir /home/your_username/memtest

# change to the memtest directory
cd memtest

# wget the memtest86 ISO
wget http://memtest86.com/memtest86-3.2.iso.gz

# decompress the ISO
gzip -d memtest86-3.2.iso.gz

# switch to root
su -

# change to the memtest directory
cd /home/your_username/memtest

# run cdrecord to burn the ISO to a CD
cdrecord -vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv --eject driveropts=burnfree dev=ATA:1,0,0 memtest86-3.2.iso

# mount the CD to make sure it was recorded correctly
mount /dev/hdc /mnt

# list files in /mnt
ls -al /mnt

# unmount the CD
umount /mnt

# eject the CD
eject /dev/hdc

# become root
su -

# change to the directory where we downloaded the memtest86 ISO
cd /home/your_username/memtest/

# run k3b a graphical CD / DVD recording program
k3b



# click on Tools -> Burn CD Image...


# click and select /home/your_username/memtest/memtest86-3.2.iso
# check the box to verify after recording and click




# all done

Have you ever tried the UBCD (Ultimate Boot CD)? It has lots of great utils on it for Linux and windozes. I use it from time to time. It boots to a Lunix env and even allows you to go to a recovery console.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/