Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 472981
"Error 28: Selected item cannot fit into memory" when booting memtest86+
Last modified: 2009-05-18 22:06:13 EDT
Created attachment 324674 [details] cpuinfo Description of problem: I can not run memtest86+ on my machine. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): memtest86+-2.01-3.fc9.i386.rpm How reproducible: Every time (on my machine). Steps to Reproduce: 1. Configure grub like this (using memtest-setup): default=1 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,7)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Memtest86+ (2.01) root (hd0,7) kernel /memtest86+-2.01 ro root=/dev/hermesVG/rootVol 2. Boot memtest86+ Actual results: "Error 28: Selected item cannot fit into memory" Expected results: memtest86+ should boot and run Additional info: I'm using grub-0.97-33.fc9.i386.rpm. My hardware is: 6400 Core 2 Duo CPU with an Intel 965LT motherboard and 1 GB of RAM. The BIOS has the default optimal settings with minimal tweaking (ACHI, serial port disabled etc.).
http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/memtest86+/2.10/ Could you please test this newer version?
I've installed that package by doing: rpm -ivh http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/memtest86+/2.10/1.fc9/i386/memtest86+-2.10-1.fc9.i386.rpm and I'm still getting "Error 28: Selected item cannot fit into memory".
PS: Btw, I was able to *install* the new package, even if the old package was still installed. I was able to have both packages installed at the same time.
Parallel install is not a bug, it is essentially like kernel, without a userspace. Are you sure you added it to your grub boot menu and you are not booting the old version?
Yes, I'm very sure that I booted the new (recommended) version. I have double checked, before replying here :-) PS: I'll install Fedora 10 in the next hours or days, so I won't be able to test anything on Fedora 9, but on the other hand I doubt there's a relation between (the version of) Fedora and memtest86+.
This .src.rpm works for me: http://people.atrpms.net/~pcavalcanti/srpms/memtest86+-2.11-3.fc10.src.rpm Please, see also: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237279 when I tried to fix this bug a long time ago.
I see. I don't understand this boot stuff too well, and I've personally never had a problem booting from grub. I'll ask someone else to review your changes.
I can confirm this problem still exists on F10 with memtest86+-2.10-1.fc10.i386
Yeah, I still have the problem on Fedora 10. Could someone please duplicate or change this bug to Fedora 10?
Can anyone try this rpm for F10 x86_64? http://people.atrpms.net/~pcavalcanti/rpms/rpms10-x86_64/memtest86+-2.11-3.fc10.x86_64.rpm It works for me.
Could you please submit changes to upstream memtest86+ project? hansg recommended making you the co-maintainer of memtest86+. Do you already have a Fedora developer account with packager status?
Created attachment 330792 [details] Spec file patch.
(In reply to comment #11) > Could you please submit changes to upstream memtest86+ project? > > hansg recommended making you the co-maintainer of memtest86+. Do you already > have a Fedora developer account with packager status? Yes: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/userinfo?userID=866 My sponsor is Jon Ciesla. I also created a patch for adapting the current Fedora spec file. Although I did not use Patch0: memtest86+-2.10-fixflags.patch this was not the point. It can be used if needed.
Created attachment 330842 [details] Modify setup utility for writing "kernel --type=netbsd /memtest86+-2.11"
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database. Reassigning to the new owner of this component.
memtest86+-2.11-4.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/memtest86+-2.11-4.fc10
memtest86+-2.11-4.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/memtest86+-2.11-4.fc9
memtest86+-2.11-4.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing-newkey update memtest86+'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2009-2753
memtest86+-2.11-4.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update memtest86+'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-2776
memtest86+-2.11-5.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/memtest86+-2.11-5.fc10
memtest86+-2.11-5.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/memtest86+-2.11-5.fc9
memtest86+-2.11-5.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing-newkey update memtest86+'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2009-3222
memtest86+-2.11-5.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update memtest86+'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-3257
memtest86+-2.11-6.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/memtest86+-2.11-6.fc10
memtest86+-2.11-6.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/memtest86+-2.11-6.fc9
memtest86+-2.11-7.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/memtest86+-2.11-7.fc10
memtest86+-2.11-7.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/memtest86+-2.11-7.fc9
memtest86+-2.11-7.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update memtest86+'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-3511
memtest86+-2.11-7.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing-newkey update memtest86+'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2009-3526
memtest86+-2.11-9.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing-newkey update memtest86+'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2009-3526
memtest86+-2.11-9.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update memtest86+'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-3511
memtest86+-2.11-9.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
memtest86+-2.11-9.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.