Toshiba A10 manual Tests and Diagnostics Floppy Disk Test

3 Tests and Diagnostics 3.8 Floppy Disk Test

Subtest 01 Sequential read

This subtest performs a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) that continuously reads all the tracks (track: 0 to 39/0 to 79) on a floppy disk.

The start track is specified at the start of the FDD test. Refer to 2 in this chapter.

Subtest 02 Sequential read/write

This subtest continuously writes data pattern B5ADADh to all the tracks (track: 0 to 39/0 to 79) on a floppy disk. The data is then read and compared to the original data.

Subtest 03 Random address/data

This subtest writes random data to random addresses on all tracks (track: 0 to 39/0 to 79) on a floppy disk. The data is then read and compared to the original data.

Subtest 04 Write specified address

This subtest writes the data specified by an operator to a place pointed by track, head, and address.

Subtest 05 Read specified address

This subtest reads data from a place pointed by track, head, and address specified by an operator.

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