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memtest86+ package

  1. Bug #1876157
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 1876157

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Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas) wrote :

There is a fork and major rewrite of the Memtest86+: https://github.com/martinwhitaker/pcmemtest
Unlike Memtest86+, PCMemTest can be used with UEFI as well as with legacy BIOS.

I think Ubuntu and Debian should follow Mageia Linux distribution, where Memtest86 is replaced with PCMemTest, see Release Notes:

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_8_Release_Notes#PCMemTest

PCMemTest
This is a fork and major rewrite of the Memtest86+ memory test utility. Unlike Memtest86+, PCMemTest can be used with UEFI as well as with legacy BIOS boot. PCMemTest replaces Memtest86+ as the memory test utility on all the Mageia ISOs. It may also be installed in a user's system.

PCMemTest can be started from GRUB EFI mode like Linux kernel:

menuentry "Memory Test (PCMemTest" {
 search --no-floppy --set=root --file /install/pcmemtest
 set gfxpayload=640x400,800x600,1024x768
 linux /install/pcmemtest
}