Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 02:02:42AM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > > > ~$ sudo update-grub > > Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub . > > Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst . > > Searching for splash image... none found, skipping... > > Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-3-686 > > Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386 > > Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin > > Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done > > > > Note the 'memtest86+.bin' entry ;-) > > > > So now when I reboot I'll have that option... > > > > > I googled the memtest issue and found one good hit that said you have > to burn the img directly to a floppy. I've done that with dd and it > works like a charm, boots right into memtest. It must be some grub > related issue that prevents it from booting properly from within > grub. maybe grub is occupying the memory it tries to load > to. Regardless, I've run memtest for about 13 hours with no > errors. another culprit eliminated. >
Oh... so you *can* and do have a choice for memtest86+ in the GRUB menu ? And when you try to run it from there (using up/down arrows to select it) , it Hangs? and gives you that "Out of memory" error you stated earlier ? FWIW, when I recently installed memtest86*+*, I inadvertantly installed _memtest86_ (no '+' -- the Older version)...so I first 'sudo apt-get remove --purge memtest86' and only *then* did I install memtest86+, and then I ran 'sudo updatedb', and consequently, 'sudo update-grub' and that was it ;-). FWIW - No manual editing of /boot/grub/menu.lst was necessary. Do you have the older "memtest86" installed too? (perhaps conflicts with '+' version). If that's not the problem, perhaps try the older memtest86 (withOUT the '+'), since you said that's older hardware.. Some of the newer versions routines/tests may conflict with something (?) But I see you're all set anyways with the floppy ;-) I just wouldn't/can't *rely* on a floppy for maintaining crucial data whatsoever. I have NOT yet *chosen* memtest86+ from my GRUB menu, but it's there now, and I will try to boot into it during next reboot ;-) Regards __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
