On Wed 03 Jan 2007 at 17:49:05 -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> Note that sysutils/memtestplus can be loaded via the standard NetBSD
> boot loader or Grub.  It can be compiled to use a serial console, too;
> the two together mean that I install it on all of my machines,
> including (of course) every remote server.

But:

$ sudo pkg_comp build sysutils/memtest86
PKG_COMP ==> Mounting sandboxed filesystems
PKG_COMP ==> Installing new `pkg-vulnerabilities' file
PKG_COMP ==> Checking if pkg_install is up to date
PKG_COMP ==> Building and installing sysutils/memtest86
WARNING: Skipping memtest86-3.2:
WARNING: memtest86-3.2 is not available for NetBSD-3.0-x86_64
===> do-clean [gmake-3.81] ===> Cleaning for gmake-3.81
===> do-clean [digest-20060826] ===> Cleaning for digest-20060826
===> do-clean [memtest86-3.2] ===> Cleaning for memtest86-3.2
PKG_COMP ==> Unmounting sandboxed filesystems

Is the bootloader already in 64-bit mode such that it can't run
memtest86 anymore? (I'm not going to try since I don't want to reboot my
production machine). Maybe the restriction can be loosened a bit.

-Olaf.
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