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Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> Hello list, |
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> I have a nearly new machine which is already showing signs of hardware |
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> failure. I'd like to check its memory, for which memtest86+ seems suitable. |
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> But I can't install it via portage because this is a UEFI machine and so its |
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> boot partition is vfat; the install phase fails because symbolic links can't |
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> be done. |
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> I downloaded an ISO image from http://www.memtest.org/#downiso and used |
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> unetbootin to write it to the USB. It won't boot. I then tried dd but got |
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> the same result. |
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> What's the recommended way to put a bootable memtest86+ image, or |
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> equivalent, on a USB stick? |
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This is different but I found this that says it works with your setup. |
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I don't have one like yours, just googled for a possible solution. |
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http://www.memtest86.com/technical.htm#usage |
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If you think that will work, may want to try that memtest. If not, |
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please ignore me. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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