Package: memtest86+
Version: 2.01-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
The file /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ contains the line
linux ${GRUB_DRIVE_BOOT}/memtest86+.bin
Unfortunately, /usr/share/doc/grub-pc/changelog.gz says:
# 2008-05-30 Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[...]
# * util/update-grub.in (GRUB_DEVICE_UUID, GRUB_DEVICE_BOOT)
# (GRUB_DEVICE_BOOT_UUID): New variables.
# (GRUB_DRIVE. GRUB_DRIVE_BOOT. GRUB_DRIVE_BOOT_GRUB): Remove.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So the formula in 20_memtest86+ updates grub.cfg to say:
linux /memtest86+.bin
which looks for it in the toplevel directory of my boot partition;
since my /boot is just a directory of my rootfs, it doesn't find it.
Of course on the rare occasions that I need memtest86+ it's not much
of a hardship to type the path in correctly; the quick-and-dirty
workaround is to put a symlink at /memtest86+.bin.
The real fix is to rewrite 20_memtest86+ to use functions out of
/usr/lib/grub/update-grub_lib. I can confirm that the attached
attempt Works For Me, though it's not clear whether I get any
benefit out of the call to is_path_readable_by_grub()...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.custom
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
memtest86+ depends on no packages.
memtest86+ recommends no packages.
Versions of packages memtest86+ suggests:
ii grub-pc [grub] 1.96+20080704-2 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
pn hwtools <none> (no description available)
pn kernel-patch-badram <none> (no description available)
ii memtester 4.0.8-1 A utility for testing the memory s
ii mtools 3.9.11-1 Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
-- no debconf information
--
JBR
Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
#!/bin/bash -e
source /usr/lib/grub/update-grub_lib
if test -e /boot/memtest86+.bin ; then
MEMTESTPATH=`make_system_path_relative_to_its_root /memtest86+.bin`
if `is_path_readable_by_grub "${MEMTESTPATH}"`; then
echo "Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin" >&2
cat << EOF
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux ${MEMTESTPATH}
}
EOF
fi
fi
