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| author | Kyle Guinn <elyk03@gmail.com> | 2018-10-06 22:00:27 -0500 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2018-10-13 08:03:07 +0700 |
| commit | 04200d1b6651adbecbeeddf76215fdbcdf43ecc0 (patch) | |
| tree | 34dce0afadcba8a93fba50a3910a86f4bb931eb9 | |
| parent | 7038f6c0368dddc66ef2814449e21dfd7ea265fb (diff) | |
system/memtest86+: Update README with instructions for GRUB 2
Signed-off-by: Kyle Guinn <elyk03@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | system/memtest86+/README | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/memtest86+/README.SLACKWARE | 22 |
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/system/memtest86+/README b/system/memtest86+/README index 5b6504831958..4b0a4c3e8f38 100644 --- a/system/memtest86+/README +++ b/system/memtest86+/README @@ -7,4 +7,32 @@ Compilation may fail on 64-bit Slackware due to missing copy that file from stubs-64.h in the same directory (or create a symlink), and you may delete your copy/symlink after you have created the package. -See README.SLACKWARE for setup information. +This package installs a bootable image to /boot/memtest86+.bin +which is similar to the kernel images in the same directory. + + +LILO users: Append this to your /etc/lilo.conf: + + image = /boot/memtest86+.bin + label = memtest86+ + +Then run `/sbin/lilo` to update the boot loader. +Don't forget to re-run `/sbin/lilo` if you upgrade this package. + + +GRUB 2 users: Append something like this to your /etc/grub.d/40_custom: + + menuentry 'memtest86+' { + linux16 (hd0,1)/boot/memtest86+.bin + } + +Then run `grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg` to update the boot menu. + + +GRUB Legacy users: Append something like this to your /boot/grub/menu.lst: + + title memtest86+ + kernel (hd0,0)/boot/memtest86+.bin + + +See /usr/doc/memtest86+-$VERSION/README for more info. diff --git a/system/memtest86+/README.SLACKWARE b/system/memtest86+/README.SLACKWARE deleted file mode 100644 index 04dc1d18e852..000000000000 --- a/system/memtest86+/README.SLACKWARE +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ -README.SLACKWARE for memtest86+ - -The memtest86+ package installs a bootable image to /boot/memtest86+.bin -which is similar to the kernel images in the same directory. - - -LILO users: Append this to your /etc/lilo.conf: - - image = /boot/memtest86+.bin - label = memtest86+ - -Then run /sbin/lilo to update the boot loader. -Don't forget to re-run /sbin/lilo if you upgrade this package. - - -GRUB users: Add something like this to your /boot/grub/menu.lst: - - title Memtest86+ - kernel (hd0,0)/boot/memtest86+.bin - - -See /usr/doc/memtest86+-$VERSION/README for more info. |