When using grub2-2.02_beta1 (not tested with others versions) memtest86+ coudn't find /boot/memtest86plus/memtest if /boot is in a separated partition. Workaround: remove "/boot" in /etc/grub.d/39_memtest86+ Thanks! Reproducible: Always Portage 2.2.7 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.8.2, glibc-2.17, 3.12.6-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.12.6-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_Dual_CPU_T3400_@_2.16GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 2821504 total, 1170512 free KiB Swap: 1048572 total, 1048572 free Timestamp of tree: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:15:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.2 ccache version 3.1.9 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p45 dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0 dev-lang/python: 2.7.6, 3.3.3 dev-util/ccache: 3.1.9-r3 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.12.1-r2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.12.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.14 sys-devel/binutils: 2.23.2 sys-devel/gcc: 4.8.2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 4.0-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.12 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.17 Repositories: gentoo privacychain ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -g0" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -g0" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs candy ccache config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS=" ftp://gentoo.c3sl.ufpr.br/gentoo/ http://gentoo.c3sl.ufpr.br/ ftp://ftp.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/gentoo/ http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.gentoo.org/ http://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/ " LANG="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage/" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb branding bzip2 cairo caps cdda cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt css cups custom-cflags custom-optimization cxx dbus declarative dga dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam ffmpeg firefox flac gdbm gif gnutls gpm gtk iconv infinality jpeg kde kipi lame lcms libnotify lzma lzo mad minimal mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib ncurses networkmanager nls nptl nvidia offensive ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf phonon plasma png policykit ppds pulseaudio qt3support qt4 readline samba sdl semantic-desktop session spell sse sse2 sse3 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg syslog tcpd theora threads tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb v4l vdpau vim-syntax vorbis vpx wavpack wxwidgets x264 xcb xcomposite xml xscreensaver xv xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel loopback" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= sys-apps/memtest86+-4.20-r1 was built with the following: USE="(multilib) (policykit) -floppy -serial" ABI_X86="64"
ensure that /boot/boot -> .
yes, if you have /boot on a sep partition, you should have a boot->. symlink
