[opensuse] memtest, what's the procedure now?
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I wanted to test memory on a machine that boots via uefi, and to my surprise, memtest is not in the boot menu of either 42.2 or 13.1 install media. I see there is an rpm package, but I don't know how to start it. It has created an entry in grub, I see it when booting, but it just flashes a quick message that I have no posibility of reading, and back to the boot menu. So, what's the procedure now? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlhFWAYACgkQtTMYHG2NR9X6TwCdEDLSZafJ/AWAnopTMfksNhSF TYoAnAlwPXummU5/AqaWgxjG9O9torRt =5xcC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2016-12-05 13:08, jdd wrote:
Le 05/12/2016 à 13:05, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
So, what's the procedure now?
any other dvd?
I tried two... don't know if I have more. 13.1 and 42.2 is what I have in use. Older, should not be any, have been reused. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)
Carlos E. R. wrote:
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Hi,
I wanted to test memory on a machine that boots via uefi, and to my surprise, memtest is not in the boot menu of either 42.2 or 13.1 install media.
I see there is an rpm package, but I don't know how to start it. It has created an entry in grub, I see it when booting, but it just flashes a quick message that I have no posibility of reading, and back to the boot menu.
Sounds like something didn't quite work - I boot memtest over pxe, but it ought to work just as well with grub or lilo. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (2.1°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2016-12-05 13:52, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Sounds like something didn't quite work - I boot memtest over pxe, but it ought to work just as well with grub or lilo.
It just fails to run. /boot/grub2/grub.cfg: ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry 'openSUSE Leap 42.2 Memtest' --class opensuse --class memtest86 --class gnu --class tools $menuentry_id_option 'memtest-0d457df1-b43d-4587-aa5a-6c919bcbedb8' { insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='hd0,gpt4' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt4 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt4 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt4 0d457df1-b43d-4587-aa5a-6c919bcbedb8 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0d457df1-b43d-4587-aa5a-6c919bcbedb8 fi echo 'Loading memtest ...' linux16 /boot/memtest.bin } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### and "/boot/memtest.bin" does exist. I click on the entry and produces an error message. Perhaps I need download a live media for it :-? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-12-05 13:52, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Sounds like something didn't quite work - I boot memtest over pxe, but it ought to work just as well with grub or lilo.
It just fails to run.
/boot/grub2/grub.cfg:
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry 'openSUSE Leap 42.2 Memtest' --class opensuse --class memtest86 --class gnu --class tools $menuentry_id_option 'memtest-0d457df1-b43d-4587-aa5a-6c919bcbedb8' { insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='hd0,gpt4' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt4 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt4 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt4 0d457df1-b43d-4587-aa5a-6c919bcbedb8 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0d457df1-b43d-4587-aa5a-6c919bcbedb8 fi echo 'Loading memtest ...' linux16 /boot/memtest.bin } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
I don't speak grub2, but that 'linux16' directive sounds weird - with pxe, I just load 'memtest' with the 'kernel' directive', nothing special. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (2.2°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2016-12-05 15:23, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
echo 'Loading memtest ...' linux16 /boot/memtest.bin } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
I don't speak grub2, but that 'linux16' directive sounds weird - with pxe, I just load 'memtest' with the 'kernel' directive', nothing special.
Error: cant find command "kernel" -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-12-05 15:23, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
echo 'Loading memtest ...' linux16 /boot/memtest.bin } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
I don't speak grub2, but that 'linux16' directive sounds weird - with pxe, I just load 'memtest' with the 'kernel' directive', nothing special.
Error: cant find command "kernel"
Yes, I didn't mean that they use the same syntax :-) I don't know how to debug grub, I guess you need a serial console, minicom etc. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (1.9°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2016-12-05 16:13, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-12-05 15:23, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
echo 'Loading memtest ...' linux16 /boot/memtest.bin } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
I don't speak grub2, but that 'linux16' directive sounds weird - with pxe, I just load 'memtest' with the 'kernel' directive', nothing special.
Error: cant find command "kernel"
Yes, I didn't mean that they use the same syntax :-) I don't know how to debug grub, I guess you need a serial console, minicom etc.
My guess is that memtest is broken. I tried: echo 'Loading memtest ...' linux16 /boot/memtest.bin sleep 10 And it simply waits 10 seconds with the message "Loading memtest ..." and goes back to the main menu. As far as I can see, no error message. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-12-05 16:13, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-12-05 15:23, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
echo 'Loading memtest ...' linux16 /boot/memtest.bin } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
I don't speak grub2, but that 'linux16' directive sounds weird - with pxe, I just load 'memtest' with the 'kernel' directive', nothing special.
Error: cant find command "kernel"
Yes, I didn't mean that they use the same syntax :-) I don't know how to debug grub, I guess you need a serial console, minicom etc.
My guess is that memtest is broken.
I tried:
echo 'Loading memtest ...' linux16 /boot/memtest.bin sleep 10
And it simply waits 10 seconds with the message "Loading memtest ..." and goes back to the main menu. As far as I can see, no error message.
I've installed memtest-501 -I'll boot it via pxe later this morning, and let you know if it works. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (0.6°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Per Jessen wrote:
I've installed memtest-501 -I'll boot it via pxe later this morning, and let you know if it works.
Well, in general it boots and works fine. On this particular hardware though, it reports only 600k of memory ..... :-) -- Per Jessen, Zürich (0.8°C) http://www.cloudsuisse.com/ - your owncloud, hosted in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Perhaps I need download a live media for it :-?
You could try the USB images from here: http://www.memtest86.com/download.htm -- Per Jessen, Zürich (1.9°C) http://www.cloudsuisse.com/ - your owncloud, hosted in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2016-12-06 10:12, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Perhaps I need download a live media for it :-?
You could try the USB images from here:
Ah, thanks. Now I have to locate a stick ;- )))) Oh. My ")" key failed to work for some moments. I don't have a free stick at the moment. I'll have to free up one. Telcontar:/data/storage_b/Isos/otros/memtest # time cp /dev/sdf stick4g real 4m47.814s user 0m0.036s sys 0m10.944s Ok, copy the image, boot that machine... test running! -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 El 2016-12-06 a las 15:36 +0100, Carlos E. R. escribió:
On 2016-12-06 10:12, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Perhaps I need download a live media for it :-?
You could try the USB images from here:
Ah, thanks. Now I have to locate a stick ;-
)))) Oh. My ")" key failed to work for some moments.
I don't have a free stick at the moment. I'll have to free up one.
Telcontar:/data/storage_b/Isos/otros/memtest # time cp /dev/sdf stick4g real 4m47.814s user 0m0.036s sys 0m10.944s
Ok, copy the image, boot that machine... test running!
Oh, apparently the memory in that machine is fine, but sometimes I get a message about corruption in low memory. I suspect it is related to hibernation. Time will tell. But if memtest had said "failure" I would have been able to return the modules to the shop. No report, no return. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlhLPH4ACgkQja8UbcUWM1ylVAD+O+izm39qRU/64KzPI4uOw8/8 cyeG11MM3b2SP3yCJIAA/0xo3j3eVSaxuWdQ+ltwK2s9aTLo39jDVHfI34riET3R =bsBI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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