Sage II - Floppy Drive Test

SAGE
II
SERVICE
I',IANUAL
I
I .OJ
CYCLER
TEST
TEST
ERROR
DISPLAY
(cont)
A.
. .ALTER
Ttre
ALTER
option
allows
test
parameters
to be
changed.
Refer
to
sectlon
(undefined).
R.
. .Rag
data
The dlsk
data ls written
in
a ra$/
forn as lt
occurs
with
only
the
main
drlve
totals
added
up durlng
the
test.
thLs
raw
data
ls
useful lf
lnformatlon
ls needed
on
a
partlcular
error.
It
ls
dlsplayed:
PASS=x drv=x
WRT
Cyl=x
Hd=x
Soft=x
Hard=x
lo=x
Data=x
PASS
=
the ntrmber
of
the test
pass
that the error
oceurred
on.
drv
=
elther
drive
lt4
(left)
or drlve
ltl
(right)
Cyl
=
the
eyllnder
that had
the error
WRT
or
RD
=
the error
occurred
on a
write or read
operation.
Soft
=
the number
of soft
errors
Hard
=
the
ntrnber
of
hard
errors
Io
=
the
I/0 error returned
from
the
drlver on a hard
error.
Data
=
the
nr:mber
of
data
errors.
S.
. .Check swltches
Ttrls
calls
a routine
whlch
w111
display
the
values read
from
the
2
groups
of
dtp
swltches
on
the
back
of the
Sage
II. The
swltch
settlngs are
displayed
as rf
you
were
looking at
the
back:
GROUP A
GROUP B
sI^Il
sw2
sI^I3 sw4
sI.I5 sI,I6
sr^r7
sI^I8
sI^Il sw2
sw3 sI^I4
sl.r5
sI{6 sl{l7
s1.I8
dwn
dwn dwn
dwn up
dwn
dwn
dwn up
up up
dwn dwn dwn
dwn dwn
The settlng
shown
above has
the
systen
boot to the floppy
with
the
IEEE-488
address
set to
7.
To
test
a
swltch use
the ttp
of
a
pen
to
"rock"
the
swltch lnto
posltlon
and
type
the
space bar.
the sense
of
the
swltch
"uptt
or
rf
dwnrf
should
change.
Remember to
return
the
switches to
thelr
lnltial
setEings
or the
SAGE
II
may
not
boot as expected.
Type
rfRff
to return
to
the
error
menu or
ttgrr
to
exlt
the
CYCLER
program.
2. .
.Prlnt eof t err
graph
The
soft
errors for
drlve
lt4
and
drive
lts
are
prlnted.
TtrLs ls a
conmon optlon
of th.e
Graph errors
selectlon
and ls lncluded
f
or
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