Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-23 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:32:17 +1100 David wrote: > On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 08:45, David wrote: > > Hmmm again. Ignore my previous message. I didn't read the thread > carefully enough. I still haven't done that, because I should be > doing other things, but I have looked a little bit more carefull

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-22 Thread Celejar
On 22 Oct 2020 13:25:43 GMT Curt wrote: > On 2020-10-20, Celejar 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

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-22 Thread Curt
On 2020-10-20, Celejar 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 CD

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread David
On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 08:45, David wrote: > On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 02:04, Celejar wrote: > > Searching EXE: A:/DFT/DFT-V300.EXE > > Inflating: CleanDsk.PID > > Inflating: CleanMBR.PID > > Inflating: DFT.EXE > > PXSFX: (E50) Disk Full, file: * More hints: I just noticed

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:52:41 -0600 Charles Curley wrote: > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:06:55 -0400 > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > But I suspect that we now know why the DFT utility can't see it: > > because DOS can't see it, because DOS doesn't have any SATA > > support. The best that can be done is prov

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:45:59 +1100 David wrote: > On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 02:04, Celejar wrote: > > > I poked around a bit, but was unable to get anything to run: > > > > 'dir' shows two files: DFT-V300.EXE and LOADDFT.EXE. The latter > > returns: "Error: Missing parameter." The former returns:

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread David
On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 08:45, David wrote: Hmmm again. Ignore my previous message. I didn't read the thread carefully enough. I still haven't done that, because I should be doing other things, but I have looked a little bit more carefully so I have slightly better suggestions. First, https://www

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread David
On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 02:04, Celejar wrote: > I poked around a bit, but was unable to get anything to run: > > 'dir' shows two files: DFT-V300.EXE and LOADDFT.EXE. The latter > returns: "Error: Missing parameter." The former returns: > > PKSFX (R) FAST! Self Extract Utility Version 2.50 03-01-19

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:06:55 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > But I suspect that we now know why the DFT utility can't see it: > because DOS can't see it, because DOS doesn't have any SATA > support. The best that can be done is providing a virtualized > interface, and that won't let you interrogate the

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:06:55 -0400 > > But I suspect that we now know why the DFT utility can't see it: > > because DOS can't see it, because DOS doesn't have any SATA > > support. The best that can be done is providing a virtualized > > interface, and that won't let you interroga

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:06:55 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:00:11 -0400 > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > Celejar wrote: > > > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:15:40 -0400 > > > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Flashing_BIOS_from_Linux#Using_a_FreeDOS-provided

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:00:11 -0400 > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Celejar wrote: > > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:15:40 -0400 > > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Flashing_BIOS_from_Linux#Using_a_FreeDOS-provided_Disk_Image_+_USB_stick_on_Linux > > > > > > and made a FreeDos inst

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:00:11 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:15:40 -0400 > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Flashing_BIOS_from_Linux#Using_a_FreeDOS-provided_Disk_Image_+_USB_stick_on_Linux > > > > and made a FreeDos installer USB stick and put DFT on i

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:15:40 -0400 > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Flashing_BIOS_from_Linux#Using_a_FreeDOS-provided_Disk_Image_+_USB_stick_on_Linux > > and made a FreeDos installer USB stick and put DFT on it. It actually > runs (although it skips the opening menu that co

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:15:40 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:55:20 +0300 > > Reco wrote: > > > > According to the manual, after I make the menu selection, "DFT will > > load automatically and present you with the License Agreement as shown > > below: ..." bu

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:55:20 +0300 > Reco wrote: > > According to the manual, after I make the menu selection, "DFT will > load automatically and present you with the License Agreement as shown > below: ..." but this is where the thing bails and drops me to the > screen above. >

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:04:12 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 09:10:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > I had started thinking about PXE after my initial post. I tried PXE > > > (from my OpenWrt router) - it was actually fairly easy to setup, > > >

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:55:20 +0300 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 09:10:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:46:20 +0300 > > Reco wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 01:15:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I'm tearing my hair out

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 09:10:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > I had started thinking about PXE after my initial post. I tried PXE > > (from my OpenWrt router) - it was actually fairly easy to setup, > > following the guide here: > > > > https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-u

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-20 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 09:10:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:46:20 +0300 > Reco wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 01:15:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm tearing my hair out trying to get HGST's Drive Fitness Test utility > > > to run: > >

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-20 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:46:20 +0300 Reco wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 01:15:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm tearing my hair out trying to get HGST's Drive Fitness Test utility > > to run: > ... > > I've tried so many different things and wasted so much time, but have > > still

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-20 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:22:20 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > 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 diffe

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-20 Thread Stefan Monnier
> 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

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-20 Thread Reco
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 01:15:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > Hi, > > I'm tearing my hair out trying to get HGST's Drive Fitness Test utility > to run: ... > I've tried so many different things and wasted so much time, but have > still not succeeded: > > 1) Copying the IMG straight to a flash drive:

Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

2020-10-20 Thread Celejar
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