[Bug 560839] Re: error: too small lower memory (0x99100 > 0x98400)

[Dave Chiluk]

I just confirmed with trust.  
Loading memtest with 
> knetbsd /boot/memtest86+.elf  console=ttyS0,115200n8 
Ignores the serial console option.

Loading memtest with 
> linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin  console=ttyS0,115200n8 
Works, but the above issue would still exist on some machines.

Loading memtest with 
> multiboot  /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
Displays to both serial and console, but only sees the first 640k of ram.

So I think we need to change the console line to use the old method ie. 
> linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin  console=ttyS0,115200n8
This is unfortunate, as people who are using machines with the BIOS issue will not be able to memtest over serial, but that's the state of things at the moment.

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Title:
  error: too small lower memory (0x99100 > 0x98400)

Status in “memtest86+” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “memtest86+” package in Debian:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: memtest86+

  I tried today the new memtest86+ from Lucid after upgrading from Karmic.
  After choosing memtest i got the error message , whether i tried memtest or memtest console.
  The only possibility was to return to grub.
  Had to return to Karmic cause of problems with lvm2... - so i cannot retry it but the event was reproducible.

  Board: Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H
  RAM: 2x 2x 2048 MB A-Data DDR2 800 MHz

  I also had a lot of entrys in grub2 (2 for Lucid, 1 for Windows 7, 5
  for Karmic, 4 for memtest86+)

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