stressdisk
Stress test your disks / memory cards / USB sticks before trusting your valuable data to them (by ncw)
mr-fusion
Mr. Fusion - Universal MiSTer SD card image (by MiSTer-devel)
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| 4.6 | 5.3 | |
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| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
stressdisk
Posts with mentions or reviews of stressdisk.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-12.
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Testing dozens of sd cards after 2 years
I actually played with that software for a few minutes and tested an NVME SSD and got no issues. Sucks up space very quickly (depending on disk speed), so it does seem to be a very useful tool. For ease of use, the ready to run binary files are here: https://github.com/ncw/stressdisk/releases, and on windows, the CMD prompt you would use is
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Coming back to mister after 2 years
I never have issues with amazon and counterfeit SDs, then again i also tend to run burn in tests on any SDs i buy before actually putting them into service. Stressdisk is a really good one i like to go with.
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First time user
Whatever you decide, I'd run stressdisk for about 24h(the default time) before putting it into service, but maybe that's just the paranoia talking. It's pretty good at what it does.
- H2testw
- What tests should I perform after buying a new hard drive?
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Unrecognised drive when copying IMG file to USB
Consider the possibility of the drive being not entirely reliable. Careful use of StressDisk might reveal something.
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[HELP] External 4bay yottamaster keeps disconnecting
And as for the stress test: I've had them all in the enclosure. I disabled raid mode, so all 4 drives showed up individually, and then I ran https://github.com/ncw/stressdisk this script twice parallel on each drive. It did not die then :\
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[HDD] WD Elements 12TB USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive Black - $179.99 (Code: 93XQR27)
I like to use short smart, then stressdisk for 72h, then long smart. Or there's Hard Disk Sentinel that will do all that in one program. Sentinel costs money, but with a google search for a coupon, I think it's like $12. Great investment if you are going to be working with a lot of disks for, I dunno, a NAS. :D
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How to check an external hard drive before you shuck it?
If you're running Linux, I'd install stressdisk and see if any errors occur. Could save a lot of grief later.
mr-fusion
Posts with mentions or reviews of mr-fusion.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-09.
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downloader_pc_launcher.py No Longer Working?
I used to love to update MiSTer on the PC under Linux. But a fresh download of the python script running on an up to date Linux mint results in the following two errors: No module named 'distutils.util and: Warning! Your OS version seems to be older than September 2021! Please upgrade your OS before running Downloader More info at https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/mr-fusion
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Just wanted to share how much I absolutely love this thing!
1) download the Mr Fusion image.
- Noob with no prior experience with mister needs help with troubleshooting setup
- Coming back to mister after 2 years
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How do I fix this "/tmp/script: line 5: /media/usb0/Scripts/wifi.sh: Permission denied" error when I select "Switch to USB", then "Scripts" and then "wifi"?
If you ever need to create a new sd I’d recommend using Mr. Fusion. It was developed with Linux and macOS in mind and is the quick and easy way to make sure you have a properly setup sd for MiSTer use. SSH, however, is easy enough to connect to it as long as the MiSTer is on your wifi, but I like to have proper terminal access myself as well. Less things to complicate matters!
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Micro SD Card (https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/mr-fusion and https://github.com/theypsilon/Update_All_MiSTer will help you here)
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Looking For Some Setup Help
Drop Mr Fusion on the SD card you want to use and boot the DE-10 Nano with an Ethernet connection and let it sit and it will formated the card and configure MiSTer to boot. https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/mr-fusion
What are some alternatives?
When comparing stressdisk and mr-fusion you can also consider the following projects:
disk-burnin-and-testing - Shell script for burn-in and testing of new or re-purposed drives
Update_All_MiSTer - All-in-one script for updating your MiSTer
bitrot - Bitrot scrubber - Scrubs your disks (or array) looking for bitrot (silent disk data corruption.)
Main_MiSTer - Main MiSTer binary and Wiki
spurt - HTTP stress testing tool that can overload web servers.
hd-idle - Hard Disk Idle Spin-Down Utility