Specifications

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IDE Flags
m’ Memory: use to setup the area of memory to be tested. Note that
IDE resides in the fmt four MBs of memory. In older versions of
IDE the default setting tests 12 MB of memory.
Example:
f m 80oooO:8flotITc
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b Block mode; sets up the type of YO transfer used during a test Can
be set to on (“1,’) or off (“0‘9. For testing disk drives, set to oa
Example: f b 1
r Remote; when set to “on”. the logging information is Sent to serial
Port 2 (ttyW
Example: f r 1
e Error mode; available error modes include continued after error,
stop on emr. or
loop on error (used for bench testing).
Example:
f e2
v Verbose; used to enable (1) or disable (0) information messages.
When enabled, system displays
all information messages; when
disabled,
only error messages are displayed.
k-; Example: f v0
k Enable writes to the YO devices. By default, this flag is set to off or
0 to protect customer data Before enabling disk writes, you should
check the
c, d i and t flags. By default these Bags should point to
Note: Before enabling the k flag and running the test determine
the
swap partition.
the location of the swap
partition.
Example: fk 1
W Warning; default setting displays all warning and error messages.
If disabled, system does not display warning or mor messages.
Example:
fk 1
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a ~utomaticaly a suite of tests. These tests range from an
individual board tests to overnight tests. For field service, use the
field engineering tests. To display of list of possible test suites, at
the DUGS: prompf enter f a ?.
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