[Bug 883017] Re: memtest86+ fails on efi systems

[Colin Watson]

memtest86+ (4.20-1.1ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low

  * Don't present the GRUB menu option on EFI systems, since it won't work
    (see LP #883017).

 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com>  Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:14:55 +0100

Leaving this bug open, though, since it would still be nice to have a
way to run this on EFI.

** Changed in: memtest86+ (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: memtest86+ (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Triaged

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Title:
  memtest86+ fails on efi systems

Status in “memtest86+” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  memtest86+ fails to load on an amd64 in EFI-mode system using grub-
  efi, I do not know if the error also occurs when using grub-pc on
  amd64.

  Memtest86+ entries are included in the GRUB boot menu. Booting these options results in an error however:
  'error: unknown command 'linux16'.'

  Changing linux16 to linux results in another error:
  'error: zImage doesn't support 32-bit boot.'
  (bug #424506)

  It seems grub-efi (or maybe actually grub on
  amd64(http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#linux16) does
  not support linux16.

  I have not found a solution. If there is no solution yet, I would
  suggest not adding the Memtest86+ boot options on amd64 systems (I
  believe efi&64 bit support is planned for memtest86+ version 5)

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