Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:3637 unix-pc.general:937 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!labrea!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!n8emr!uncle!jbm From: jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general Subject: Re: UNIX PC 7300 diags questions Keywords: UNIX PC Message-ID: <305@uncle.UUCP> Date: 28 Jun 88 05:51:26 GMT References: <364@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> Reply-To: jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) Distribution: na Organization: Just me and my computer, Columbus Ohio Lines: 83 In article <364@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> rhealey@ub.d.umn.edu (Rob Healey) writes: > > Hi! I just bought one of those fire sale 7300's and I have a few > questions I hope someone can answer. > > 1) Does anyone have a list of all the commands available under the > "expert" mode of the diagnostics? i.e. type s4test at the > user menu prompt. I puttsed a little but since I didn't know > what I was doing I thought it best to back off. The command you're looking for is "?", the help command. As for the interactive device test (31), It is documented in the $350 tech ref. But it doesn't even match up with that anymore, as you can test the floppy but not the hard disk. > > 2) Does anyone know how to create multiple partitions for a drive? > The /dev directory seems to imply that one can have up to 16 > partitions, do you have to invoke some magic from the above stated > expert mode of diags? My idea is this: You may want partitions now, but you won't want them later! > hold the time. Now, a week later, when my used 20M self > destructed and I had to put the 10M back in, B^(, the > battery held the time for 3 hours. ( Lunch time interfered I had a similar thing happen when I pulled my Combo card to call in about the serial chip problem. John -- John Bly Milton IV, jbm@uncle.UUCP, n8emr!uncle!jbm@osu-cis.cis.ohio-state.edu home: (614) 294-4823, work: (614) 459-7641; CP/M to MP/M, MS-DOS to OS/2 Newsgroups: mn.general,comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general Subject: Re: UNIX PC 7300 diags questions Summary: Expires: References: <364@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> Sender: Reply-To: jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) Followup-To: Distribution: na Organization: Just me and my computer, Columbus Ohio Keywords: UNIX PC In article <364@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> rhealey@ub.d.umn.edu (Rob Healey) writes: > > Hi! I just bought one of those fire sale 7300's and I have a few > questions I hope someone can answer. > > 1) Does anyone have a list of all the commands available under the > "expert" mode of the diagnostics? i.e. type s4test at the > user menu prompt. I puttsed a little but since I didn't know > what I was doing I thought it best to back off. The command you're looking for is "?", the help command. As for the interactive device test (31), It is documented in the $350 tech ref. But it doesn't even match up with that anymore, as you can test the floppy but not the hard disk. > > 2) Does anyone know how to create multiple partitions for a drive? > The /dev directory seems to imply that one can have up to 16 > partitions, do you have to invoke some magic from the above stated > expert mode of diags? My idea is this: You may want partitions now, but you won't want them later! > hold the time. Now, a week later, when my used 20M self > destructed and I had to put the 10M back in, B^(, the > battery held the time for 3 hours. ( Lunch time interfered I had a similar thing happen when I pulled my Combo card to call in about the serial chip problem. What is this mn.general group? Please list local groups last! John -- John Bly Milton IV, jbm@uncle.UUCP, n8emr!uncle!jbm@osu-cis.cis.ohio-state.edu home: (614) 294-4823, work: (614) 459-7641; CP/M to MP/M, MS-DOS to OS/2