Thanks Jan for the explanation. Am I correct in my assumption that I should test test_ti with actual storage? Or is the simulation output acceptable? thx, ginnie
On 09/15/08 08:08, jan damborsky wrote: > Hi Ginnie, > > I concur with Sundar. I have just couple of comments - > please see in line. > > Thank you very much for testing this ! > Jan > > > Virginia Wray wrote: >> >> Hi - >> >> I've attached a text file with the results of tests I ran on the sparc >> microroot. I put them in a text file, but I can put them in another >> format...just let me know. >> There are four test scenarios: >> 1. Internal devices only, comprised of two hard drives and a DVD reader >> 2. No.1, plus an external DVD R/W >> 3. No.1, plus a USB >> 4. No.1, plus external DVD R/W and USB >> >> I ran format and rmformat and collected the results. I also ran iostat >> -en on test 2, just to see what the output looked like. I then ran >> various incantations of test_td: >> 1. ./test_td -v -d >> 2. ./test_td -d >> 3. ./test_td -s all >> 4. ./test_td -v -s all >> 5. ./test_td -v -d -s all >> >> The -s output is more accurate than the -d output. The -s output "# of >> blocks" is identical to the format output, while the -d is differs a >> bit. > > This is correct. # of blocks reported for '-d' case refers to total > number > of blocks on the disk. Since there are some sectors reserved (2 > cylinders) > and size of slices is rounded to cylinders, size of slice 2 occupies > slightly > less space. > You could check with 'iostat -En' for total number of disk sectors. > This number > should equal to the one reported for '-d'. > >> The size in MB reported for both -s and -d differe slightly from each >> other and from the format output. >> >> The DVDd (both internal and external) are not picked up by the test_td >> command. Should they be? There was media in the external drive. > > This is expected behavior. For now, TD filters out floppy as well as > all DVD/CD drives, since they are not considered to be valid targets > for installation at time of being. > > >> >> The output for the USB in this set of tests is consistent for both the >> rmformat output and the test_td command. >> >> Let me know if there is further testing with test_td that needs to be >> done. >> >> I'm now looking at test_ti. I've solved the library error (my fault). >> I'm in the process of getting some attached storage onto the machine. I >> can't run anything but simulations because there isn't any free space >> without attaching something. All of the simulations pass no matter what >> I type in....I was wondering if that's ok, or if the simulations should >> fail. > > That behavior is fine - simulation doesn't invoke real commands, so > it is no-op in most of the cases and is expected not to fail. > >> I've been working with Geoffrey (sys admin). He and I should have >> that today, I think. >> >> thx, >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> caiman-discuss mailing list >> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss > -- Ginnie
