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are specifying that there be no limit on the number of errors that can occur—testing will not be stopped,
regardless of the number of errors.
Pause for User Response
If this parameter value is set to Yes, the diagnostics pauses when one of the following occurs:
Your interaction is needed to verify the
screens or the
key functions or other types of interaction such as inserting a diskette.
The maximum error limit is reached.
If the Pause parameter is set to No, the diagnostics ignores some subtests that require your
interaction; certain subtests can run only if this option is set to Yes because they require user
interaction. Use the Pause parameter in situations where you may want to prevent subtests that require
user interaction from running—such as when you run the diagnostics overnight.
Output Device for Status Messages
Ordinarily, all status messages appear only on the screen. This parameter allows you to direct status
messages to either a printer or a file, in addition to the screen. If you choose the File option, status
messages are written to a file named result. This file is automatically created on a diskette that you
insert into drive A when prompted. If you are running the diagnostics from a utility partition on your
hard-disk drive, the result file is created on the hard-disk drive. If the result file already exists, new
status messages are added to it.
The result file is an ordinary American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text file that
you can open in any text viewer or word processor. You can also access the result file with the MS-
DOS type command as follows:
1. Select Quit to exit the diagnostics and return to the operating system prompt.
2. At the operating system prompt, type the appropriate command and press <Enter>:
type result
The contents of the file appear on the screen.
After running particular diagnostic tests and viewing the status messages generated by the tests in the
result file, you can erase the contents of the file so that it is clear for the next set of messages
generated. Otherwise, the next messages are added at the end of the previous ones in the file.
Output Device for Error Messages
Ordinarily, all error messages appear only on the screen. This parameter allows you to direct error
messages to either a printer or a file, in addition to the screen. If you choose the File option, error
messages are written to the result file used for status messages. This file is automatically created on a
diskette that you insert into drive A when prompted. If you are running the diagnostics from a utility
partition on your hard-disk drive, the result file is created on the hard-disk drive. If the result file
already exists, new error messages are added to it.
The result file is an ordinary ASCII text file. You can access and review the result file as described in