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- 3Does it really have to work on any *nix system?user– user2013-11-08 12:31:01 +00:00Commented Nov 8, 2013 at 12:31
- 37Instead of jut filling memory, could you instead create a VM (using docker, or vagrant, or something similar) that has a limited amount of memory?abendigo– abendigo2013-11-08 13:27:30 +00:00Commented Nov 8, 2013 at 13:27
- 4@abendigo For a QA many of the solutions presented here are useful: for a general purpose OS without a specific platform the VM or kernel boot parameters could be useful, but for a embedded system where you know the memory specification of the targeted system I would go for the filling of the free memory.Eduard Florinescu– Eduard Florinescu2013-11-09 17:40:47 +00:00Commented Nov 9, 2013 at 17:40
- 2In case anyone else is a little shocked by the scoring here: meta.unix.stackexchange.com/questions/1513/…?goldilocks– goldilocks2013-11-13 14:46:22 +00:00Commented Nov 13, 2013 at 14:46
- See also: unix.stackexchange.com/a/1368/52956Wilf– Wilf2015-06-18 18:42:42 +00:00Commented Jun 18, 2015 at 18:42
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