Diagnostics
Choosing Specific Suites of Tests
Many of the tests have submenus that permit you to select which parts of the test you want
performed. When you select any of these tests, either individually (using F10) or as part
of suite of tests (using F9), the submenus ask for additional information about the tests. If
the tests are run multiple times, the submenus are displayed only before the first pass.
Each of the test submenus displays whether or not the test is interactive and whether or
not it is destructive to data. Interactive tests require some user intervention to operate.
For example, if you select the interactive keyboard test, you must press keys on the
keyboard to verify that it is operating properly. In general, if you are performing
continuous tests, you should not select any interactive tests, permitting the suite of tests to
run unattended.
The following component tests and their respective options can be selected.
Keyboard Test
Keyboard test (interactive)
Controller test (non-interactive)
Floppy Disk Test
Seek tracks
Verify tracks
Disk change (interactive)
Read/Write (destructive)
Format (destructive)
Fixed Disk Drive Test
Controller test
Head select test
Seek test
D-4 Diagnostics