On 22 Oct 2020 13:25:43 GMT Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > On 2020-10-20, Celejar <cele...@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 > ======================= > > 1. SCSI and ATA suppport > 2. ATA support only > > Enter choice:
Thanks, but I'm pretty sure I need to get it running on bare metal in order for it to have low level hardware access to the drives. It can't hurt to check, though - if you enter '2', let's say, and proceed, will the utility find and scan the system's disks? Celejar
