Hi,
I was trying to compile a version from www.memtest.org, memtest86+-1.27,
and I got the following error on my SuSE 9,
gcc -E -traditional head.S -o head.s
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.
Erich Boleyn
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
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
some problems with memtest, or memtest wasnt even included on those either..
just found my older postings to the list about memtest
[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?
I think the "www.memtest86.com" site now reflects the work done in
the "memtest+" team at "www.memtest.org".
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.
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