Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (449 mails)

[Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>]

Kian_Chang_Low@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

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> Hi,
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> I was trying to compile a version from www.memtest.org, memtest86+-1.27, 
> and I got the following error on my SuSE 9,
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> gcc -E -traditional head.S -o head.s

gcc -m32...

> as -o head.o head.s


> head.S: Assembler messages:
> head.S:42: Error: cannot represent relocation type BFD_RELOC_386_GOTPC
> head.S:43: Error: cannot represent relocation type BFD_RELOC_386_GOTOFF
> head.S:49: Error: cannot represent relocation type BFD_RELOC_386_GOTPC
> head.S:52: Error: cannot represent relocation type BFD_RELOC_386_GOTOFF
> head.S:55: Error: cannot represent relocation type BFD_RELOC_386_GOTOFF
> ... more of the same ...
>
> Was wondering how did you resolve this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Kian Chang.
>
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> Erich Boleyn <erich@xxxxxxxx> 
> 10/15/2004 11:04 PM
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> To
> suse-amd64@xxxxxxxx, Andreas Bittner <abittner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> cc
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> Subject
> Re: [suse-amd64] memtest on suse media (was: Re: [suse-amd64] memtest from 
> sles9?)
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> [Note to all: I work for AMD and have come across this problem, but am
>  not any kind of official spokesman so Caveat Emptor, etc...]
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> Andreas Bittner <abittner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Johannes B. Ullrich wrote:
>> > I used the precompiled bootable ISO from this page: 
>> > http://www.memtest86.com/#download1
>> 
>> what about memtest+, at http://www.memtest.org
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>> i dont know about the current memtest sles9 problems, but i asked suse 
>> back in suselinux 9.0 64bit days that there wasnt any memtest on their 
>> media back then, and they promised an updated one for 9.1. i dont 
>> remember any more, but if i am not mistaken the 64bit 9.1 media also had 
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>> some problems with memtest, or memtest wasnt even included on those 
>> either..
>> 
>> just found my older postings to the list about memtest
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>> [1] http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2004-Feb/0048.html
>> [2] http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2004-Apr/0229.html
>> 
>> will suse 9.2 improve in this area?
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> I think the "www.memtest86.com" site now reflects the work done in
> the "memtest+" team at "www.memtest.org".
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> In any case using Memtest 3.1x or the Memtest+ versions should both
> work fine on Athlon64 or Opteron boxes, and I do so all the time.
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> My SuSE 9.1 install had an old version of memtest.bin with same kind
> of crash problems, and I just got the source, compiled in the most
> obvious way, then dropped the new "memtest.bin" in my /boot directory,
> and it worked fine.
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>
> --
>     Erich Stefan Boleyn     <erich@xxxxxxxx>     http://www.uruk.org/
> "Reality is truly stranger than fiction; Probably why fiction is so 
> popular"

Andreas
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