[syslinux] Question on memdisk with UEFI boot.

[solarflow99]

Just get it from here, thats what I did:

https://www.memtest.org/
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/memtest86-plus-is-back-after-9-years


On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 2:47 PM Michael D. Setzer II <mikes at guam.net> wrote:

> On 13 Jan 2023 at 10:27, solarflow99 wrote:
>
> From:   solarflow99 <solarflow99 at gmail.com>
> Date sent:      Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:27:03 -0800
> Subject:        Re: [syslinux] Question on memdisk with UEFI boot.
> To:     mikes at guam.net
> Copies to:      syslinux at syslinux.org
>
> >
> > Are you using memtest 6? This is what I use and it works fine in bios
> and efi
> > mode, notice i'm not using the whole ISO.
> >
> > menuentry 'Memtest' {
>
> >  linux images/utils/memtest/memtest6.efi
>
> > }
> >
>
> Thanks for reply
>
> https://www.memtest86.com/pricing.html
> memtest 6 is a commerical product, and would not be
> legal for me to include with my project. I've know that it
> is available, but for $49 for a single license that could
> not be included.
>
> https://memtest.org/ has a file but is an iso.
> 6193152  12-30-2022 17:00   mt86plus64.iso
>
> Will have to see what it has? Don't see any UEFI option
> on that site?
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 4:00 AM Michael D. Setzer II via Syslinux
> > <syslinux at syslinux.org> wrote:
> > On Fedora machines I've gotten the memtest to work
> > using this:
> > menuentry 'Memtest' {
> >     echo 'Loading memdisk'
> >     linux16 /memdisk iso
> >     echo 'Loading iso'
> >     initrd16 /memtest86+-5.31b.iso
> > }
> >
> > Recently tried doing it with a UEFI boot, but seems the
> > linux16 isn't supported, and probable not the initrd16
> > either. Trying to install the memtest-setup results in not
> > supported.
> >
> > Have generally included memtest as part of my G4L
> > project since on occassions machines with flaky memory
> > are strained with disk imaging.
> >
> > If booted from syslinux version with CD or USB setup,
> > the option works fine with regular memtest.
> > LABEL memtest86-5.31b
> >   MENU LABEL ^M: memtest86+-5.31b
> >   TEXT HELP
> >   Memory test Program to insure system Ram is Good
> >   ENDTEXT
> >   LINUX memtest
> >
> > With grub4dos version that has both legacy and UEFI
> > boot options the earlier version with memdisk works
> > with legacy, but fails with UEFI boot.
> >
> > Seems the free memtest doesn't work with UEFI, and
> > can't include the commerical one that does?
> >
> > Just wondering. Took over maintaining G4L back in 2004
> > with it using syslinux and has been fine. Just had some
> > uses get machines that no longer support legacy boot
> > and required UEFI, so found grub4dos works for both on
> > same image.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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