Bug#434034: memtest boot options

2011-01-19 Thread Matt Taggart
Regarding Russell's previous comment in #434034 about memtest86+ boot options 1) The memtest86+ ships with two versions, one for grub2. See /usr/share/doc/memtest86+/README.Debian for more info. 2) It does support some options, for example to boot serial "console=ttyS0,115200n8" I us

Re: Memtest

2008-05-27 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 27 May 2008, Daniel Dickinson wrote: > Jérémy Bobbio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This tester runs independently of any OS - it is run at computer > > boot-up, so that it can test *all* of you memory. You may want to > > look at `memtest' (in p

Re: Memtest

2008-05-27 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Tue, 27 May 2008 12:17:22 +0200 Jérémy Bobbio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This tester runs independently of any OS - it is run at computer > boot-up, so that it can test *all* of you memory. You may want to > look at `memtest' (in package `sysutils'), whic

Re: Memtest

2008-05-24 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, On Sat, 24 May 2008 18:57:53 +0200 Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:11:23PM +0430, Armin ranjbar wrote: > > Does DI support memtest? is there any plan to support this in future? > > Could you describe exactly the kind of memtest "support" you are &

Re: Memtest

2008-05-24 Thread Jérémy Bobbio
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:11:23PM +0430, Armin ranjbar wrote: > Does DI support memtest? is there any plan to support this in future? Could you describe exactly the kind of memtest "support" you are thinking about? Debian already has a "memtest86+" package [1] that can

Memtest

2008-05-17 Thread Armin ranjbar
Dear all, Does DI support memtest ? is there any plan to support this in future ? is this debian-cd task ? -- Armin ranjbar , System Administrator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: memtest before install?

2006-08-30 Thread Sven Luther
the additional .udeb loading, and before the disk stuff. This would cause no change to the initrd, and be fully optional. > Apart from that, this would just be a matter of someone working on the > right additionnal udeb:-) /me wonders if the memtest package is written in C, and then

Re: memtest before install?

2006-08-30 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting W. Borgert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi, > > is it (or will it be) possible to check the RAM for errors > before actually doing an installation with d-i? Either as > optional step in the d-i menu or as additional boot target > for the syslinux boot prompt? Thanks for comments. > That would

memtest before install?

2006-08-30 Thread W. Borgert
Hi, is it (or will it be) possible to check the RAM for errors before actually doing an installation with d-i? Either as optional step in the d-i menu or as additional boot target for the syslinux boot prompt? Thanks for comments. Cheers, WB (please CC me) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P