Troubleshooting Your System
AlphaServer 1000 Rackmount Owner's Guide 8-5
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By default, no write tests are preformed on disk and tape drives. Media must be
installed to test the diskette drive and tape drives.
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Example 8–1 shows a sample of the
test
command display.
Example 8–1: The test Command
>>> test
Requires diskette and loopback connectors on COM2 and
parallel port
type kill_diags to halt testing
type show_status to display testing progress
type cat el to redisplay recent errors
Testing COM2 port
Setting up network test, this will take about 20 seconds
Testing the network
80 Meg of System Memory
Bank 0 = 32 Mbytes(8 MB Per Simm) Starting at 0x00000000
Bank 1 = 32 Mbytes(8 MB Per Simm) Starting at 0x02000000
Bank 2 = 16 Mbytes(4 MB Per Simm) Starting at 0x04000000
Bank 3 = No Memory Detected
Testing the memory
Testing parallel port
Testing the SCSI Disks
Non-destructive Test of the Floppy started
serial port not used as main console - VGA test bypassed
Printer offline
file open failed for para
