Why memtest+ is added to Grub menu automatically?

[fida1989]

I am using LMDE for about 1 month. Until today the Grub menu had 2 option one is usual login and another is recovery login. But suddenly today while booting i am seeing 3 more entries added regarding memtest+. Why is that? Any problem with my hardware or other thing? Anyway the system is running fine without any issues. Any information will be highly appreciated.

[anmys]

It comes from the file 20_memtest86 in /etc/grub.d. If you feel that it is not needed, just do

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sudo chmod -x 20_memtest86

If you do not want the recovery entry in the grub menu, uncomment the relevant line in /etc/default/grub:

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GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

Regards.

[toomuchcoffee]

Updating seems to do that? On a new install there's no memtest entries whatsoever...

[fida1989]

It comes from the file 20_memtest86 in /etc/grub.d. If you feel that it is not needed, just do

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sudo chmod -x 20_memtest86

It is not working. Says no such file or directory found.

[fida1989]

Updating seems to do that? On a new install there's no memtest entries whatsoever...

I guess you are right. Though i don't know the actual reason.