Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive
On 2020-10-20, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm tearing my hair out trying to get HGST's Drive Fitness Test utility
> to run:
>
> https://www1.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
>
> HGST provides an ISO meant for burning to CD, and an IMG meant for
> burning to floppy disk. I don't have writable CDs or a floppy drive, so
> I'm trying to get the software to run off a USB flash drive. I've tried
> so many different things and wasted so much time, but have still not
> succeeded:
I booted it thusly
qemu-system-x86_64 -boot d -cdrom dft32_v416_b00.iso -m 512
and was presented with the following screen:
PC DOS 7.0 Startup Menu
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1. SCSI and ATA suppport
2. ATA support only
Enter choice:
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