How do I make a bootable USB flash drive that can run memtest?

Question

It seems that the canonical instructions for making a bootable USB flash drive that runs memtest are at:

http://forum.canardpc.com/showthread.php?t=28875

However, after following them to a T, I boot up the new machine and get:

"could not find kernel image: linux"

Do I need to set up a lilo.conf first?

Solution

Download System Rescue CD follow the instructions USB stick.

Boot from the USB, press F2 then type memtest

Comments

[Peter Cordes]

On UEFI systems, you need to get them to boot the USB stick in MBR / BIOS mode for it to give you the menu that includes the virtual floppy (memdisk) that includes memtest86+. (The USB stick instructions result in a stick that can be booted as UEFI or as MBR.)