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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sun, 12 May 2013 07:40:15 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>>> I don't know about memtest86, but memtest86+ installs a menu file |
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>>> in /etc/grub.d, which means grub-mkconfig handles it. |
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>>> |
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>>> % cat /etc/grub.d/39_memtest86+ |
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>>> #!/bin/sh |
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>>> exec tail -n +3 $0 |
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>>> |
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>>> menuentry "memtest86+ 4.20" { |
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>>> linux16 /boot/memtest86plus/memtest |
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>>> } |
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>>> |
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>>> menuentry "memtest86+ 4.20 (netbsd)" { |
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>>> insmod bsd |
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>>> knetbsd /boot/memtest86plus/memtest.netbsd |
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>>> } |
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>> That is what I did last. I just emerged the thing and it put the file |
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>> there. You know I don't reboot often here but this is what it says |
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>> when I update grub: |
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>> root@fireball / # /root/grub-update |
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>> Generating grub.cfg ... |
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>> Found linux image: /boot/kernel-3.8.7-1 |
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>> Found linux image: /boot/kernel-3.6.6-1 |
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>> Found linux image: /boot/kernel-3.5.3-3 |
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>> done |
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>> root@fireball / # |
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>> Shouldn't there be a line for the memtest entry or does it not show |
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>> that? Maybe it is working and I don't know it yet. lol |
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> There are no echo commands in the file, so it doesn't show anything when |
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> adding. grub-mkconfig doesn't output anything by default, only the helper |
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> scripts generate non-error output |
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> Check the contents of grub.cfg. |
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Well I be darn. |
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### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/39_memtest86+ ### |
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menuentry "memtest86+ 4.20" { |
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linux16 /boot/memtest86plus/memtest |
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} |
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menuentry "memtest86+ 4.20 (netbsd)" { |
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insmod bsd |
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knetbsd /boot/memtest86plus/memtest.netbsd |
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} |
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### END /etc/grub.d/39_memtest86+ ### |
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There it be. I wonder if it worked all the other times I tried? |
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>> Oh, I have a script that has the longer command in it with all the nifty |
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>> options. That's why the command is different. |
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>> root@fireball / # cat /root/grub-update |
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>> grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg |
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> I do a similar thing, except the script is in /usr/local/bin, where it |
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> should be :P, and it checks if /boot is mounted ro and remounts it rw if |
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> necessary. |
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I keep mine mounted anyway. I'm not a script writer by any means. |
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Next time I reboot, I'll see if it is really there or not. Looks like |
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it is. |
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Thanks much. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or |
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how you interpreted my words! |
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