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Introduction to Diagnostic Tools
Diagnostic Tools for Oracle Servers
Using the Diagnostic Tools to Troubleshoot a Server
U-Boot Diagnostic Startup Tests
U-Boot Diagnostic Startup Tests Overview
Running the U-Boot Diagnostic Tests
Sample SP Environmental Variables Showing U-Boot Test Status
Accessing Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility
Create Diagnostic Partition Menu Option
How to Add a Diagnostic Partition to the First Bootable Disk
How to Create a Log File on the Diagnostic Partition
How to Access the Diagnostic Partition on a Red Hat Linux System
How to Access the Diagnostic Partition on the Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System
How to Access the Diagnostic Partition on the Windows Server 2003 Operating System
Accessing the Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility on the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD
How to Access and Run Pc-Check From the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD
How to Access and Run Pc-Check From a USB Device
How to Set Up the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD Image on the PXE Server
How to Access the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD From the Target Server
The Create Diagnostic Partition option creates a diagnostic partition on a hard disk only if that hard disk is completely free of any partitions. Delete any existing partitions from a hard disk if you plan to use the hard disk to create a diagnostic partition on it.
Caution - Removing all hard disk partitions destroys all data on the disk. |
You can remove existing partitions from the hard disk in the following ways:
Use the Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk utility (Option 3 on the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD main menu).
Use the following procedure:
The second hard disk as seen from fdisk is the first bootable disk of the system. The first hard disk as seen from fdisk is the bootable Tools and Drivers CD/DVD.
Caution - When performing the following tests, be careful not to delete any operating system partitions that you want to keep. Removing hard disk partitions destroys all data on the disk. |