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-rw-r--r--system/memtest86/README30
-rw-r--r--system/memtest86/README.SLACKWARE22
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/system/memtest86/README b/system/memtest86/README
index 1fee49c052..0cad000052 100644
--- a/system/memtest86/README
+++ b/system/memtest86/README
@@ -2,4 +2,32 @@ Memtest86 is a thorough, stand-alone memory test for x86 architecture
computers. BIOS based memory tests are a quick, cursory check and often
miss many of the failures that are detected by Memtest86.
-See README.SLACKWARE for setup information.
+This package installs a bootable image to /boot/memtest86.bin
+which is similar to the kernel images in the same directory.
+
+
+LILO users: Append this to your /etc/lilo.conf:
+
+ image = /boot/memtest86.bin
+ label = memtest86
+
+Then run `/sbin/lilo` to update the boot loader.
+Don't forget to re-run `/sbin/lilo` if you upgrade this package.
+
+
+GRUB 2 users: Append something like this to your /etc/grub.d/40_custom:
+
+ menuentry 'memtest86' {
+ linux16 (hd0,1)/boot/memtest86.bin
+ }
+
+Then run `grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg` to update the boot menu.
+
+
+GRUB Legacy users: Append something like this to your /boot/grub/menu.lst:
+
+ title memtest86
+ kernel (hd0,0)/boot/memtest86.bin
+
+
+See /usr/doc/memtest86-$VERSION/README for more info.
diff --git a/system/memtest86/README.SLACKWARE b/system/memtest86/README.SLACKWARE
deleted file mode 100644
index 3482c40992..0000000000
--- a/system/memtest86/README.SLACKWARE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-README.SLACKWARE for memtest86
-
-The memtest86 package installs a bootable image to /boot/memtest86.bin
-which is similar to the kernel images in the same directory.
-
-
-LILO users: Append this to your /etc/lilo.conf:
-
- image = /boot/memtest86.bin
- label = memtest86
-
-Then run /sbin/lilo to update the boot loader.
-Don't forget to re-run /sbin/lilo if you upgrade this package.
-
-
-GRUB users: Add something like this to your /boot/grub/menu.lst:
-
- title Memtest86
- kernel (hd0,0)/boot/memtest86.bin
-
-
-See /usr/doc/memtest86-$VERSION/README for more info.