[SOLVED]How to run memtest from installer iso

stephenboston · 2020-09-30 21:01:52

I am having issues installing to one of my laptops and need to run a memory test.

Can I do that from the arch installer iso?

How so?

from the terminal prompt after startup of the installer:

pacman -Ssyy

finds

extra/memtest86+

but

pacman -S memtest86+

(with or without the 'extra' or the '+'.

returns 'target not found'

Last edited by stephenboston (2020-09-30 21:30:22)

Trilby · 2020-09-30 21:09:18

You don't run memtest from within any booted system. However, you can put it on any bootable (and writable) device and boot to it.

EDIT: It does seem to be included though, so you should be able to interrupt the boot loader and specify the path to the memtest bin.

Last edited by Trilby (2020-09-30 21:15:21)

stephenboston · 2020-09-30 21:13:08

Thanks. I thought I was doing that. I am trying to run it from the installer,iso.

I have the iso written to a USB drive and the computer boots to that drive.

Trilby · 2020-09-30 21:18:55

That's my point: you cannot run memtest.bin from a running OS of any type: iso or otherwise. You need to specify the memtest.bin in the bootloader. As the iso is booting up, you should see a syslinux menu that will give you the option to edit the boot line, to which you'd have to enter something like the LINUX line here to boot memtest.bin: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … ng_memtest

If it was me, I'd just us a memtest image.

Last edited by Trilby (2020-09-30 21:22:47)

stephenboston · 2020-09-30 21:30:01

Ah! Get it now. Thanks.

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[SOLVED]How to run memtest from installer iso

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