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

[Geoffrey Morrison]

I Just downloaded newest version of memtest86+ available (4.20--uploaded
at 01/25/2011) from memtest.org. I then extracted the ISO from a .gz
archive with Archive Manager, and burned the ISO to DVD as an image with
xfburn. (I couldn't find a handy CD--extracted ISO after download is a
mere 1MB+.) Then, I configured my BIOS for CD/DVD boot, and booted with
the DVD. Memory tests auto-started immediately after boot--those are
still going.

For this sys, anyway, the problem is solved--at least for now.
Memtest86+, via Grub, did work a couple of days ago on my Win 7 Home
Premium system.   (Floppy and USB stub versions also are available for
downloading. For CD/DVD ISO burning, .gz and .zip archives are
available.)

I don't know if memtest86+ on Linux install CDs/DVDs works or not.
Apparently, at grub multi-boot memtest86+ is legacy/incorrect--
alternately (somehow), the programs are mis-configured by Grub. The
burned ISO CD/DVD doesn't depend upon an OS, Grub, or an OS install
CD/DVD--it depends more directly upon the hardware and BIOS.

I'll keep the DVD handy, if needed. Bye!

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

Status in “memtest86+” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
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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