Bug#629506: memtest86+.bin crashes if loader ends up putting it not at 9000:0000

2015-03-01 Thread Yann Dirson
clone 629506 -1 reassign -1 memtest86 retitle -1 memtest86.bin crashes if loader ends up putting it not at 9000: tags -1 + patch thanks On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 08:24:02PM +, Al Viro wrote: FWIW, the effects described in this bug report are 100% reproducible on any version, as long

Bug#629506: memtest86+.bin crashes if loader ends up putting it not at 9000:0000

2015-03-01 Thread Al Viro
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 05:33:31PM +0100, Yann Dirson wrote: BTW, memtest86 as an OpenSource package is now discontinued, the guys at PassMark Software, who have apparently acquired rights about it and released the last 4.x versions, choose to release 5.x and later (UEFI version, not

Bug#629506: memtest86+.bin crashes if loader ends up putting it not at 9000:0000

2015-02-28 Thread Al Viro
FWIW, the effects described in this bug report are 100% reproducible on any version, as long as the loader (lilo, grub, whatever) ends up putting the bootsect+setup in any location below 9000:. ... and the problem actually predates the fork of memtest86 and memtest86+; IOW, the same

Bug#629506: memtest86+.bin crashes if loader ends up putting it not at 9000:0000

2015-02-27 Thread Al Viro
FWIW, the effects described in this bug report are 100% reproducible on any version, as long as the loader (lilo, grub, whatever) ends up putting the bootsect+setup in any location below 9000:. zImage-type images consist of 3 parts - bootsect, setup and payload. Payload is