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56 lines
2.1 KiB
Nix
56 lines
2.1 KiB
Nix
{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, libguestfs-with-appliance }:
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stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
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pname = "memtest86-efi";
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version = "8.0";
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src = fetchurl {
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# TODO: The latest version of memtest86 is actually 8.1, but apparently the
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# company has stopped distributing versioned binaries of memtest86:
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# https://www.passmark.com/forum/memtest86/44494-version-8-1-distribution-file-is-not-versioned?p=44505#post44505
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# However, it does look like redistribution is okay, so if we had
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# somewhere to host binaries that we make sure to version, then we could
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# probably keep up with the latest versions released by the company.
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url = "https://www.memtest86.com/downloads/memtest86-${version}-usb.zip";
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sha256 = "147mnd7fnx2wvbzscw7pkg9ljiczhz05nb0cjpmww49a0ms4yknw";
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};
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nativeBuildInputs = [ libguestfs-with-appliance unzip ];
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unpackPhase = ''
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unzip -q $src -d .
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'';
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installPhase = ''
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mkdir -p $out
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# memtest86 is distributed as a bootable USB image. It contains the actual
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# memtest86 EFI app.
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#
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# The following command uses libguestfs to extract the actual EFI app from the
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# usb image so that it can be installed directly on the hard drive. This creates
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# the ./BOOT/ directory with the memtest86 EFI app.
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guestfish --ro --add ./memtest86-usb.img --mount /dev/sda1:/ copy-out /EFI/BOOT .
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cp -r BOOT/* $out/
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'';
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meta = with lib; {
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homepage = http://memtest86.com/;
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downloadPage = "https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm";
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description = "A tool to detect memory errors, to be run from a bootloader";
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longDescription = ''
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A UEFI app that is able to detect errors in RAM. It can be run from a
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bootloader. Released under a proprietary freeware license.
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'';
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# The Memtest86 License for the Free Edition states,
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# "MemTest86 Free Edition is free to download with no restrictions on usage".
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# However the source code for Memtest86 does not appear to be available.
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#
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# https://www.memtest86.com/license.htm
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license = licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
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maintainers = with maintainers; [ cdepillabout ];
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platforms = platforms.linux;
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};
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}
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