On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:13:35 -0700 Vagrant Cascadian
<vagrant+debianb...@freegeek.org> wrote:
> Package: memtest86+
> Version: 2.01-1.1
> Severity: normal
> 
> when trying to network boot memtest86+.bin using pxelinux (from
> syslinux-common), it fails to run. on machines with a floppy drive,
it polls
> the floppy drive repeatedly. eventually, it spits out out "8000" over
and over
> again.
> 
> a workaround is to symlink or copy memtest86+.bin to memtest86+, and
it works
> fine, although having to rename or symlink the binary to network boot
> memtest86+ seems a bit of unnecessary hassle.
> 
> i also experienced the same problem with version 2.11-3 of
memtest86+, as well
> as versions of memtest86 in lenny and sid.
> 
> thanks for maintaining memtest86+, we use it extensively at Freegeek!
> http://freegeek.org
> 
> live well,
>   vagrant
> 
> 

Hi,

this bug is very old.
Can you or anybody else confirm if current version 5.31 or better 6.00
in sid works now fine with pxelinux? 

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