Update of bug #3404 (project grub):
Open/Closed:Open = Closed
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Follow-up Comment #8:
We've moved to GRUB 2 as a development platform. Please can you check if
this bug still applies
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #3404 (project grub):
There is a bug in stage2/char_io.c where addresses are treated as signed,
causing this issue as well as similar ones with memdisk on systems with a
large amount of memory. I'm attacing a patch below against grub 0.97:
diff -burN
Follow-up Comment #6, bug #3404 (project grub):
dear Bernhard,
we have facing with the same problem with an HP DL-145 (totally diskless
machine, w/o floppy and cd-rom).
in our case Grub don't want to load memtest86+ even with chainloader. after I
the boot start it prints:
chainloader
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #3404 (project grub):
Two small comments:
1. If it is working on some chipsets/MBs then it might
not be the fault of Grub (see also Peter Anwin's comments
on buggy BIOSes and memdisk).
2. If this works (as noted in a very early comment):
Copy memtest.bin to a
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #3404 (project grub):
Actually, let me correct myself. If you have a CD drive, you can use a
memtest86+ bootable ISO...
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Follow-up Comment #3, bug #3404 (project grub):
And another year passes.
Same problem here. As the vogue lately is to make floppy-less machines, this
bug is more and more frustrating... I wish I didn't have to dig up a floppy
drive and crack my case just to run memtest...
