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| author |   Kyle Guinn | 2018-10-07 05:00:27 +0200 |
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| committer |   Willy Sudiarto Raharjo | 2018-10-13 03:03:07 +0200 |
| commit | 04200d1b6651adbecbeeddf76215fdbcdf43ecc0 (patch) | |
| tree | 34dce0afadcba8a93fba50a3910a86f4bb931eb9 /system/memtest86+/README | |
| parent | 7038f6c0368dddc66ef2814449e21dfd7ea265fb (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-04200d1b6651adbecbeeddf76215fdbcdf43ecc0.tar.gz | |
system/memtest86+: Update README with instructions for GRUB 2
Signed-off-by: Kyle Guinn <elyk03@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'system/memtest86+/README')
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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/system/memtest86+/README b/system/memtest86+/README index 5b65048319..4b0a4c3e8f 100644 --- a/system/memtest86+/README +++ b/system/memtest86+/README @@ -7,4 +7,32 @@ Compilation may fail on 64-bit Slackware due to missing copy that file from stubs-64.h in the same directory (or create a symlink), and you may delete your copy/symlink after you have created the package. -See README.SLACKWARE for setup information. +This package installs a bootable image to /boot/memtest86+.bin +which is similar to the kernel images in the same directory. + + +LILO users: Append this to your /etc/lilo.conf: + + image = /boot/memtest86+.bin + label = memtest86+ + +Then run `/sbin/lilo` to update the boot loader. +Don't forget to re-run `/sbin/lilo` if you upgrade this package. + + +GRUB 2 users: Append something like this to your /etc/grub.d/40_custom: + + menuentry 'memtest86+' { + linux16 (hd0,1)/boot/memtest86+.bin + } + +Then run `grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg` to update the boot menu. + + +GRUB Legacy users: Append something like this to your /boot/grub/menu.lst: + + title memtest86+ + kernel (hd0,0)/boot/memtest86+.bin + + +See /usr/doc/memtest86+-$VERSION/README for more info. |