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Jitter.Jive.Groove

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Registered: 2026-10-09

Posts: 26

Please add mprime & MemTest86 to Live ISO & GRUB boot

memtest86 ( https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/memtest86+/  https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/an … st86+-efi/  https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/an … st86+-iso/ )  is, I believe, on the  Arch Linux Live Install image. MemTest86, I have found, did not catch a hardware failure that mprime ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mprime ) did, in a +24-hour test. I wish it was on the Live ISO to test hardware before installation.

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5hridhyan

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Registered: 2025-12-25

Posts: 1,116

Re: Please add mprime & MemTest86 to Live ISO & GRUB boot

You can ask that feature: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso Whether it belongs there is a separate discussion.
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Edit:
since mprime is in AUR, does it mean it must first be adopted into the official Arch Linux binary repos before having it in official ISOs of Arch?
IDK.

Last edited by 5hridhyan (2026-10-23 19:28:10)

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