From 7038f6c0368dddc66ef2814449e21dfd7ea265fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kyle Guinn Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 21:56:21 -0500 Subject: system/memtest86: Update README with instructions for GRUB 2 Signed-off-by: Kyle Guinn --- system/memtest86/README | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- system/memtest86/README.SLACKWARE | 22 ---------------------- 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 system/memtest86/README.SLACKWARE diff --git a/system/memtest86/README b/system/memtest86/README index 1fee49c052..0cad000052 100644 --- a/system/memtest86/README +++ b/system/memtest86/README @@ -2,4 +2,32 @@ Memtest86 is a thorough, stand-alone memory test for x86 architecture computers. BIOS based memory tests are a quick, cursory check and often miss many of the failures that are detected by Memtest86. -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-$VERSION/README for more info. diff --git a/system/memtest86/README.SLACKWARE b/system/memtest86/README.SLACKWARE deleted file mode 100644 index 3482c40992..0000000000 --- a/system/memtest86/README.SLACKWARE +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ -README.SLACKWARE for memtest86 - -The memtest86 package installs a bootable image to /boot/memtest86.bin -which is similar to the kernel images in the same directory. - - -LILO users: Append this to your /etc/lilo.conf: - - image = /boot/memtest86.bin - label = memtest86 - -Then run /sbin/lilo to update the boot loader. -Don't forget to re-run /sbin/lilo if you upgrade this package. - - -GRUB users: Add something like this to your /boot/grub/menu.lst: - - title Memtest86 - kernel (hd0,0)/boot/memtest86.bin - - -See /usr/doc/memtest86-$VERSION/README for more info. -- cgit v1.2.3