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#1 2009-05-09 05:51:47

gforce23
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From: On a plane over the Atlantic
Registered: 2009-05-05
Posts: 4

Selecting Memtest86+ from the grub menu returns an error

I just installed Memtest and added the appropriate lines to my grub list. The thing is, everytime I select memtest, I get a blank screen with this error:
Error 28 : selected item cannot fit into memory

I have a gig of RAM on this test machine and verified that the RAM wasn't at fault via hiren's boot CD.

Here is a slice of my menu.lst file:

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/944e3758-2f21-4d75-a98e-1720f288df22 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux Fallback
root   (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/944e3758-2f21-4d75-a98e-1720f288df22 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img

# (2) Memtest86+
title Memtest86+
kernel (hd0,2)/boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin

# (3) Windows
title WindowsXP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

FWIW, memtest86+ runs on an ubuntu box just fine. Searching through the Arch forums did not return a relevant result.

Could anyone please help me out? Thanks.


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#2 2009-05-11 18:29:19

karol
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Registered: 2009-05-06
Posts: 25,440

Re: Selecting Memtest86+ from the grub menu returns an error

Just of the top of my head: memtest86 and memtest86+ are different things, check the path if the .bin is really there.

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#3 2009-05-11 19:41:39

graysky
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Re: Selecting Memtest86+ from the grub menu returns an error

I'm no expert but try modifying your menu.lst to read:

Title   Memtest86+ v2.11
root            (hd0,2)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin

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#4 2009-05-11 19:47:52

karol
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Registered: 2009-05-06
Posts: 25,440

Re: Selecting Memtest86+ from the grub menu returns an error

Or

Title   Memtest86+ v2.11
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin

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