Bug#546219: memtest86+: fails to load from pxelinux with default filename

[Felix Zielcke]

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:13:35 -0700 Vagrant Cascadian
 wrote:
> Package: memtest86+
> Version: 2.01-1.1
> Severity: normal
> 
> when trying to network boot memtest86+.bin using pxelinux (from
> syslinux-common), it fails to run. on machines with a floppy drive,
it polls
> the floppy drive repeatedly. eventually, it spits out out "8000" over
and over
> again.
> 
> a workaround is to symlink or copy memtest86+.bin to memtest86+, and
it works
> fine, although having to rename or symlink the binary to network boot
> memtest86+ seems a bit of unnecessary hassle.
> 
> i also experienced the same problem with version 2.11-3 of
memtest86+, as well
> as versions of memtest86 in lenny and sid.
> 
> thanks for maintaining memtest86+, we use it extensively at Freegeek!
> http://freegeek.org
> 
> live well,
>   vagrant
> 
> 

Hi,

this bug is very old.
Can you or anybody else confirm if current version 5.31 or better 6.00
in sid works now fine with pxelinux? 

Bug#546219: memtest86+: fails to load from pxelinux with default filename

[Alkis Georgopoulos]

In pxelinux.cfg/default, instead of using:
  kernel memtest86+.bin
one can just disable extension autodetection and specify:
  linux memtest86+.bin

Bug#546219: memtest86+: fails to load from pxelinux with default filename

[Vagrant Cascadian]

Package: memtest86+
Version: 2.01-1.1
Severity: normal

when trying to network boot memtest86+.bin using pxelinux (from
syslinux-common), it fails to run. on machines with a floppy drive, it polls
the floppy drive repeatedly. eventually, it spits out out 8000 over and over
again.

a workaround is to symlink or copy memtest86+.bin to memtest86+, and it works
fine, although having to rename or symlink the binary to network boot
memtest86+ seems a bit of unnecessary hassle.

i also experienced the same problem with version 2.11-3 of memtest86+, as well
as versions of memtest86 in lenny and sid.

thanks for maintaining memtest86+, we use it extensively at Freegeek!
http://freegeek.org

live well,
  vagrant



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