memtest for uefi

[robertkwild]

hi all,

i noticed theres a memtest in the fog menu but the parameters is blank, i was wondering how to get it working

thanks,
rob

[Sebastian Roth]

@robertkwild I am not sure memtest is working on UEFI systems: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/8153/memtest-fails-from-uefi-menu

[robertkwild]

@sebastian-roth quick Google, it cannot be done on uefi

https://askubuntu.com/questions/917961/can-i-boot-memtest86-if-im-using-uefi

Is there an alternative memtest

[MikeC]

@sebastian-roth I was able to get memtest86 9.4 working ( UEFI ) by creating a floppy image ( or altering an existing one ), creating the path EFI/BOOT and copying the BOOTX64.efi file for it in there. Then add a menu item for

sanboot http://${fog-ip}/fog/memtest86.img

This works with the limitation that you can only run 4 passes ( limitation of 9.4 free ). I’m sure there are other ways, but this circumvents the “PXE Boot is not supported in this version of MemTest86” error.

[Sebastian Roth]

@mikec Nice find.

This works with the limitation that you can only run 4 passes ( limitation of 9.4 free ).

What do you mean by “4 passes”?

[MikeC]

@sebastian-roth The old memtest would loop forever. 9.4 “free” will stop automatically after 4 passes ( so you can’t leave it running overnight for a longer stress test ).