MEMTEST86

[LanceM]

I don't know how to enter the exact commands into the terminal to install this to /dev/sdb1. That flash drive is named MEMTEST86 and I made it bootable with FAT32. The instructions for dd are here. https://www.memtest86.com/tech_creating-linux-mac.html I have the image file in the unzipped folder on my desktop. As in the pic

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[ajgringo619]

Should be this:

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sudo dd if=/home/lance/Desktop/memtest86-usb.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

If that doesn't work, try downloading the ISO version, create a bootable USB with ventoy, then copy the ISO over.

[LanceM]

The command gave this

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lance@LM:~$ sudo dd if=/home/lance/Desktop/memtest86-usb.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M
dd: failed to open '/home/lance/Desktop/memtest86-usb.img': No such file or directory

[ajgringo619]

Sorry, I missed a directory:

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sudo dd if=/home/lance/Desktop/memtest86-usb/memtest86-usb.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

[LanceM]

Sorry, I missed a directory:

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sudo dd if=/home/lance/Desktop/memtest86-usb/memtest86-usb.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

Thanks, that did it. Oddly it created 3 partitions and finished in seconds. It booted okay, but would not shutdown. It kept rebooting. I lowered my standards and tried the Win10 installer. Exact same except it took minutes for it to create the drive.