On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 12:48:44PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > > > > > > 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 ?
exactly. I also used the install script that comes in the package: mame-memtest86+-boot-floppy which puts a grub and a copy of the .bin file on a floppy... same problem. > > 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). nope. > > 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. no no crucial data, just a quick setup for the memtest. subsequently I got a copy of ultimate boot cd which includes a couple versions of memtest along with way too much other dangerous stuff ;0 > > 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 ;-) cool, I;m curious to see if others get the same results as I. A
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