Testing The System - Compaq DS10L - AlphaServer - 256 MB RAM Reference Manual

2.7

Testing the System

The test command runs console-based exercisers for devices in
the system. Ctrl/C can abort testing.
Syntax: test [-t time] [-q] [option]
-t time Specifies the run time in seconds. The default for system test is
120 seconds (2 minutes).
Disables the display of status messages as exerciser processes
-q
are started and stopped during testing. Sets the environment
variable d_verbose to zero.
Example 2–11 Test Command
>>> test
environment variable t_cnt created
System test, runtime 150 seconds
Type ^C if you wish to abort testing once it has started
Default zone extended at the expense of memzone.
Use INIT before booting
Testing Ethernet device(s)
Testing VGA
Testing Memory
Testing IDE/ATAPI disks (read-only)
Testing SCSI disks (read-only)
Testing DKA* devices (read-only)..
No other SCSI disks to test
Testing floppy drive (dva0, read-only)
No diskette present, skipping floppy test
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