DOS ain't dead - GRUB4DOS 0.4.6a 2021-07-28

RayeR

CZ,
05.08.2021, 01:53

GRUB4DOS 0.4.6a 2021-07-28 (Announce)

There's a new release of GRUB4DOS
http://github.com/chenall/grub4dos/releases
But I have an issue appeared on loading memtest compared to older version. Can anybody else test it?
http://github.com/chenall/grub4dos/issues/305

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Zyzzle

05.08.2021, 03:49

@ RayeR

GRUB4DOS 0.4.6a 2021-07-28

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> There's a new release of GRUB4DOS
> http://github.com/chenall/grub4dos/releases
> But I have an issue appeared on loading memtest compared to older version.
> Can anybody else test it?
> http://github.com/chenall/grub4dos/issues/305

I can not tell what is new in this 2021 version that would make it worth upgrading. I found a version of memtest86+ which will run directly from clean DOS (no memory managers), 4.0.1. A similar release of version 5.01, which purports to be able to run, executes for about 3 seconds -- brings up the memory, speeds of caches, temperatures, main display screen, and starts the tests, but freezes almost immediately during the first test. i5 8250 with 8 GB, but also on every other system, from i7 2600k on up.

RayeR

CZ,
06.08.2021, 04:31

@ Zyzzle

GRUB4DOS 0.4.6a 2021-07-28

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I also have some old version of memtest.exe but as you say it doesn't work reliably in new HW. And they stopped releasing DOS exe version so that's why I boot current version via GRUB (from bare DOS)...

BTW doesn't matter if new GRUB worth for upgrading but if there was introduced a bug it's better to fix it sooner than later (never) and always good if someone else can confirm that on different HW.

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RayeR

CZ,
14.08.2021, 15:24

@ RayeR

GRUB4DOS 0.4.6a 2021-08-13 - bug fixed

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Bug was confirmed and fixed, new build here:
https://github.com/chenall/grub4dos/releases/tag/0.4.6a

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DOS gives me freedom to unlimited HW access.