BurnInTest Linux - Live Boot with Slax
Slax is a lightweight live CD distribution of Linux that can be used to boot systems from CD/DVD and USB memory sticks. There are two versions of Slax provided, a CD Iso and a USB version which you can download from http://www.slax.org/get_slax.php.
To add the BurnInTest files to the ISO you will need to extract the files from the ISO (or copy from an already burnt CD) and put the BurnInTest files in the "rootcopy" folder. There is an example rootcopy zip here, that you can extract and replace the current rootcopy folder with. It will place BurnIntest command line version in the root folder when Slax is booted and replaces the message of the day with instructions to where BurnInTest was placed.
Before creating the new ISO you can edit the cmdline_config.txt file and configure the tests you want to run. If you have BurnInTest Linux already installed and have entered your key, copy the key.dat file from you current install to the rootcopy/root/bitlinux_cmd_line folder so your registered version will run from the cd.
To create the ISO with the additional files run make_iso.bat (Windows) or make_iso.sh (Linux) with a provided name for the ISO and it will be created ready to burn to a CD. To create a bootable USB memory stick version run make_disk.bat/make_disk.sh.
Log Files
Due to the read only nature of booting from a CD you won't be able to save log files unless you specify a device in the cmdline_config.txt file that has been mounted with write access, such as a USB memory stick or hard drive.
Modules
You can customise your version of Slax by adding extra modules as required. For example it may be a good idea to add a text editor like emacs or vim.
Points to Remember
- If you are booting using a CD then you can't run the CD test as the operating system is running from it. There are some ways around this discussed on the Slax web site or you could boot from a USB memory stick to free up the CD drive for testing.
- NTFS partitions are mounted read only in Linux
- May need to add a fstab file to the rootcopy/etc/ directory when creating an ISO to override default auto detected device settings