Create Diagnostic Partition; Adding A Diagnostic Partition To The First Bootable Disk; Section 4.7, "Create Diagnostic Partition - Sun Microsystems Ultra 20 M2 Service Manual

4.7

Create Diagnostic Partition

The diagnostic partition is preinstalled on the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation. You
need to reinstall the diagnostic partition only if you reformatted your hard drive.
Using the Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk utility on the Tools and Drivers CD
preserves the diagnostic partition (see the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating
System Installation Guide).
The Create Diagnostic Partition option installs a diagnostic partition on the first
bootable disk seen by the workstation. The first bootable disk is on the
primary/master storage (for example, SATA) device.
The following sections explain how to create and access the diagnostic partition on
the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation:
Section 4.7.1, "Adding a Diagnostic Partition to the First Bootable Disk" on
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page 4-11
Section 4.7.2, "Creating a Log File on the Diagnostic Partition" on page 4-12
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Section 4.7.3, "Accessing the Diagnostic Partition Under Red Hat Linux" on
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page 4-13
Section 4.7.4, "Accessing the Diagnostic Partition Under the Solaris 10 Operating
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System" on page 4-14
Section 4.7.5, "Accessing the Diagnostic Partition Under Windows XP" on
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page 4-16
4.7.1 Adding a Diagnostic Partition to the First
Bootable Disk
From the boot loader, Pc-Check can view only the first or second hard disk on the
system. The software automatically installs the diagnostic partition on the first
bootable disk. To add the diagnostic partition on the first bootable disk:
1. Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the DVD drive tray.
2. Reboot the workstation.
3. At the Tools and Drivers CD main menu, type 1 to run Hardware Diagnostics.
The Hardware Diagnostics menu displays.
Chapter 4 Running Diagnostics 4-11