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Old 04-01-2011, 12:04 AM   #1
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Grub sometimes adds memtest lines


Using Ubuntu 10.10 and Win XP - dual drives booted by GNU Grub version 1.98 +20100804-5ubuntu 3


Every now and then, a "Memory Test (memtest 86+)" and a "Memory Test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" line are added to my Grub startup screen. This causes Grub to start-up a different line than I have set to default. (Ubuntu vs. Windows, etc.)

1. How do I edit the start-up Grub to remove the "memtest" lines?
2. How do I prevent this from occurring?

Any help is appreciated.
 
Old 04-01-2011, 09:01 AM   #2
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Just
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sudo chmod -x /boot/memtest86+.bin
and also memtest86+_multiboot.bin if you have it.
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Originally Posted by https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
20_memtest86+ Searches for /boot/memtest86+.bin and includes it as an option on the GRUB 2 boot menu. There is currently no line option to remove this entry from the menu. The display of memtest86+ can be inhibited by removing the executable bit from this file and running sudo update-grub.
 
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Old 04-02-2011, 02:04 PM   #3
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Just
Code:
sudo chmod -x /boot/memtest86+.bin
and also memtest86+_multiboot.bin if you have it.
Many thanks. I'll try it when I get back to it Monday and let you know.
 
Old 04-03-2011, 10:28 PM   #4
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Just
Code:
sudo chmod -x /boot/memtest86+.bin
and also memtest86+_multiboot.bin if you have it.
I used the cli and did the chmod -x on both files. That should stop new lines from being added in the future. Thank you.

Now, how do I edit / remove some of the extraneous entries from the Grub Menu? It has the old memtest lines and continually adds ubuntu version lines. I can go in with vi and remove the unnecessary lines if I knew which file to edit.
 
Old 04-04-2011, 05:47 AM   #5
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Here is a great article that explains editing grub2 better than I can

grub2
 
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Old 04-05-2011, 02:14 AM   #6
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Here is a great article that explains editing grub2 better than I can

grub2
A very good link and info on Grub. Thank you.
 
  


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