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apurkrt
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 Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 3:48 pm Post subject: memtest for UEFI 64bit |
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Hi, is there something like memtest86+ working well with UEFI?
I tried sys-apps/memtest86+-5.01-r4, but it hangs after 5 seconds (and the memories are 100% ok, I have no problems whatsoever with the system, no crashes, no hangups)
I created usb stick in grub i386-pc legacy mode - the usb was created with
| Code: | | grub-install --target=i386-pc --boot-directory=/run/media/foo/bar/boot/ /dev/sdX |
I copied memtest.bin to /run/media/foo/bar/boot/, added an entry for it in grub.cfg
| Code: | menuentry 'Memtest86+' {
linux16 "/boot/memtest.bin"
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Booted in i386-pc legacy mode. And it starts the test, but it hangs after a short while. Also it detects my DDR4 memory as DDR3.
When I boot with linux16 from x86_64-efi grub with linux16, I see nothing, just hear the beeps (probably because memtest run in text mode, and uefi boots in graphical mode).
So anybody knows of a good alternative to memtest86+ working well with UEFI?
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e3k
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| Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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did you try systemrescuecd? there is your memtest86 present and working i guess.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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memtest+ seems to be for 32 bit and up. How you can have those mems in a 16-bit mode and at the same time have UEFI-board...
The strangeness just befudels me.
Have you tried to ask this question in a more apropriate forum?
Either way, how did an install of memtest go without a + as an emerge requrement?
Finally, there might be corrupt writes to the memory modules not showing up when just doing reads.
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apurkrt
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| Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| e3k wrote: | | did you try systemrescuecd? there is your memtest86 present and working i guess. |
Thank you, actually memtest from systemrescuecd works. You have to boot the usb stick in legacy (BIOS) mode, then the option for memtest shows up. And the memtest does not hang. Do not know the reason.
Fwiw, for legacy (BIOS) booting, systemrescuecd uses syslinux, not grub. |
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e3k
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| Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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yes legacy BIOS is the answer for UEFI.
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apurkrt
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| Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| patrix_neo wrote: | memtest+ seems to be for 32 bit and up. How you can have those mems in a 16-bit mode and at the same time have UEFI-board...
The strangeness just befudels me. |
I do not get the "linux16" either, it is just what /etc/grub.d/39_memtest86 produces... (and it always been that way, I used memtest before - always wondered why is it linux16) |
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apurkrt
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| Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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After some more fiddling:
1) The memtest binary from sysrescuecd works with grub (booted in BIOS i386-pc mode). It is the same version as what is in portage (5.01), so the fact that the binary compiled by me hangs means something is wrong with the compilation.
2) sys-apps/memtest86 (without the plus at the end) does not work at all - it shows some garbled characters after booting.
Anyway I will try to ask in "Kernel & Hardware" |
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