System Diskettes (Reference And Diagnostic) - IBM PS/2 90 XP 486 Hardware Maintenance Reference

5.0 System Diskettes (Reference and Diagnostic)

If the hard disk drive is not operational, you can run the system programs
from the System Diskettes (Reference Diskette and the Diagnostic
Diskette).
There are three types of Reference Diskettes and three types of Diagnostic
Diskettes. The type of processor board (type 1, 2 or 3), installed in the
system determines which System Diskettes to use.
labeled (type 1, 2 or 3), for the type of processor boards they support.
For more information, see "Processor Board Matrix" in the Hardware
Maintenance Service pamphlet.
The Reference Diskette contains the system programs and the Diagnostic
Diskette contains the testing programs.
startable. To run the Advanced Diagnostics from the Diagnostic Diskette,
start the system from the Reference Diskette.
press Ctrl+A and follow the instructions on the screen.
When you make a backup copy of the System Partition, certain files will
not be loaded to the backup copy.
only from the original Diagnostic Diskette, not a backup copy of the
System Partition:
KP.COM
IDP.COM
DISK386.COM
RECV35.COM
UINSTALL.EXE
Note: The program More utilities is on the Diagnostic Diskette.
IBM PS/2 Model 90 XP 486 and 95 XP 486 HMR
System Diskettes (Reference and Diagnostic)
The System Diskettes are
The Diagnostic Diskette is not
When the Main Menu appears,
The following files will be accessible
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