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3. At the command prompt, type su – and press Enter.
The Password prompt is displayed.
4. Type dell and then press Enter.
The root user command prompt is displayed.
5. Type dcicfg command=clearmemfailures, and then press Enter.
Accessing and remounting local NTFS file system
Boot the system by using the Linux-Based Diagnostic Tools (Dell 12G-14G servers) option.
The Support Live Image desktop is displayed and the NTFS files are available.
Mounting USB drive
NOTE: If the USB drive is using the NTFS file system, ensure that you perform the steps in Accessing and remounting local
NTFS file system.
1. Boot the system by using the Linux-Based Diagnostics Tools (Dell 12G-14G servers) option.
The CentOS desktop is displayed.
2. Double-click the gnome-terminal icon.
The GNOME terminal window is displayed.
3. At the command prompt, type su – and press Enter.
The Password prompt is displayed.
4. Type dell and press Enter.
The root user command prompt is displayed.
5. Type mount and press Enter.
The available storage devices are listed. The USB drive is listed as type vfat (ro). For example, the USB drive may be
listed as /dev/sda1 on /mnt/disc/sda1 type vfat (ro).
6. Type mount -o remount,rw /dev/<device_name>, where <device_name> is the name of the USB device.
Copying files to USB drive
1. Boot the system by using the Linux-Based Diagnostics Tools (Dell 12G-14G servers) option.
The CentOS desktop is displayed.
2. Double-click the gnome-terminal icon.
The GNOME terminal window is displayed.
3. At the command prompt, type sudo nautilus and press Enter.
The Nautilus browser is displayed.
4. Under Places, click File System.
5. In the right pane, navigate to the /var/data folder, and locate the file you want to copy.
6. Right-click the file you want to copy and then select Copy.
7. Under Places, click File System.
8. In the right pane, navigate to the /mnt/disc/ folder and open the folder that corresponds to the mounted USB drive.
9. Right-click and select Paste.
Starting Vim editor
Vim Editor is a text editing tool used to open the .txt files.
1. Boot the system by using the Linux-Based Diagnostics Tools (Dell 12G-14G servers) option.
The CentOS desktop is displayed.
2. Double-click the gnome-terminal icon.
The GNOME terminal window is displayed.
Using Linux-based tools and utilities
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