On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 01:09:30PM +0000, Dimitris Lampridis wrote: > On Saturday 24 June 2006 10:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Don't see a memtest option on grub, though I've installed memtest86+. > > Evidently I have to edit the grub configuration, or use its c or e > > options when booting, but I'm completely clueless on this. > > > > Since you installed the package, the only thing that is left to do is to > edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, in a very simple and intuitive way: > > search for "memtest86+" inside this file, you should find something like: > > ## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option > ## e.g. memtest86=true > ## memtest86=false > # memtest86=true > > make sure its "true" and that it remains commented.
That means *no change* at all in the configuration file. > > This will instruct update-grub (which you should run as the next step) to > include memtest86 in the grub loader. > > If everything goes well, you should see the output of the update-grub command > similar to: > > 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: /vmlinuz-2.6.15-22062006 > Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1-amd64-generic > Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin > Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done No change at all to the configuration, and yet it worked! And it starts to check memory when it boots. Got through 1 and a half passes without finding anything wrong. Then had to reboot to the real system to get some work done. Will check memory again later. Thanks. -- hendrik > > Good luck, > > Dimitris > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
