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Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> writes: |
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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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dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdX |
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... where /dev/sdX is the USB stick. Make sure the stick isn't mounted, |
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and write to the stick itself, not to any partition that may be on it. |
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In some cases, the stick won't boot: Use another stick, or try writing |
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the ISO again. |
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"Didn't work" is an error. |
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