A new memtest program included in next Fedora ?
Warren Togami
warren at togami.com
Tue Jan 20 11:41:54 UTC 2004
Martin Andersen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I noticed the new program memtest86+, based on memtest86, which
> have not released since 22. May 2002.
> Maybe this will be part of Fedora 2 ?
>
> *Enhancement in v1.0 (Based on Memtest86 V3.0) :*
>
> * Lots of bug-fixes, works now with all AMD64.
> * Added detection for Athlon 64 / Opteron
> * Added detection for latest Athlon XP (including Barton)
> * Added detection for latest Pentium 4 (including Prescott)
> * Added detection for SiS735/740/745/748/755/645/655
> * Added detection for ATi Radeon 9100 IGP (RS300)
> * Added detection for nVidia nForce/nForce2(400/Ultra)/nForce3/nForce3-S
> * Added detection for VIA KT266(A)/333/KT400(A)/KT600/PT800/PT880/K8T800
> * Added detection for i865P/PE/G/i875P/E7500/E7501/E7205
> * ECC initialization & ECC polling added for all AMD64 CPUs
> * ECC initialization & ECC polling added for i875P and E7501 & E7205
> * Added complete advanced settings detection for i875P, AMD64 and
> nForce2.
> * Added partial advanced settings detection for KT266(A)/KT333.
> * Corrected ECC Error not counted as a global error anymore.
> * Added a "safe-mode" (press F1 when memtest86+ loading) in case of
> freeze.
> * Source code now compatible with gcc 3
>
>
> Webpage: http://www.memtest.org/
>
>
> Martin.
>
>
I can see value in having memtest86+ included in the distribution in two
possible ways:
1) Invokable from Disc1 SYSLINUX with "memtest", which runs the binary.
2) Install the memtest86+ RPM, and it drops the binary in a location
like /boot/memtest86+.bin, and adds itself to the grub menu like the
kernel RPMS do. Include a simple script that will write that binary to
a floppy, or use mkisofs to create a bootable .ISO containing that binary.
Sane idea?
Warren
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