Re: [debian-knoppix] memtest86 reboots
| From: Klaus Knopper <knopper@linuxtag.org>
| Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 08:40:17 +0200
Thanks for the prompt and useful reply! It's the middle of the night
here (Toronto), but bright and early in Germany.
| > memtest works when it is run from a memtest boot floppy (only one of
| > the Athlon 64 machines has a floppy drive). So the problem is not in
| > memtest itself.
|
| Could be a different version.
Good catch!
The version I used via the floppy was memtest86+ version 1.11.
I just now tried memtest86 version 3.0 from floppy, and it went into
constant reboot mode.
So yes, the problem is just as you suggest -- memtest86+ is better, at
least on these machines.
| Or have you copied memtest86 directly from
| the CD to a floppy disk?
I don't actually know how to do this. It might be worth trying to
narrow down the problem.
Would you consider switching KNOPPIX from memtest86 to memtest86+
(perhaps you have)? See <http://www.memtest.org/>
| > The BIOS on these Athlon 64 machines is not the latest. I cannot
| > update it because HP only provides a way of flashing from Windows XP.
| > I don't have Windows XP.
|
| Hmm... Technically, in my opinion, this would be a warranty case, so the
| vendor would have the responsibility to fix the "error" (old/broken
| BIOS) somehow, rather than you having to do this yourself. Or, you just
| return the board at the shop where you bought it, and get a new one with
| an updated BIOS.
I agree, and I will try this. But the store may not be able to help
and HP has disowned these machines (I bought the inexpensively as
"debranded" computers).
Thanks again! I hope that you find this account useful.
Hugh Redelmeier
hugh@mimosa.com voice: +1 416 482-8253
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