Manual Test - Verify Full OS Installation by Booting from USB Disk
This is a manual test & it should be run outside HLK by following the manual instructions provided below. If this test is run as an automated test from HLK studio/controller, the test will pass by default without testing any functionality.
Manual instructions to run this test:
Hardware Prerequisites
- Applicable to 8998 MTP hardware only
- USB hub
- USB flash drive
- Keyboard, mouse & USB Ethernet adapter
Software Prerequisites
- Prepare USB flash drive with WinPE & Full OS for installation
Setting up the Test
- In a powered down state, connect device to USB hub with keyboard, mouse, USB flash drive and USB Ethernet
Running the Test
- Press power button on device
- Device will boot from USB flash drive
- Device should boot into WinPE
- Verify that the USB keyboard, mouse & display work in WinPE
- Open a command prompt using Shift + F10 shortcut key from keyboard
- Run disk part command
- Run LIST VOL command
- Identify the partition letter assigned for USB flash drive
- Type exit to come out of disk part
- Type <Drive-Letter>: to switch to USB flash drive
- Run TotalUpdate.bat file from USB flash drive partition
- Full OS imaging should complete
- Verify that the output of the bat file mentions imaging completed successfully.
- Run Configure_KDCOM.bat file from USB flash drive partition
- Verify that the commands complete successfully
- Close the command window and any other open window which will reboot the device
- After shutdown, remove the usb flash drive from usb hub and the device should start Full OS installation
- Verify that the device boots to desktop after completion of Full OS installation
Verification
- USB peripherals work as expected in WinPE
- Device is able to install and boot to Full OS from WinPE
Note: This test is associated with an optional feature: System.Client.ARM64DesktopHardware. It will not appear in the list of tests in HLK studio for a system target by default. Optional: To enable it to show up in the list of tests for system target in HLK studio, run the following steps:
- In HLK Studio, select system target
- Right click on the selected system target
- Click on Add\Modify Features
- A Device Feature List window will open up
- Scroll down to select the feature named: System.Client.MobileHardware
- Click on the check box to enable this optional feature
- This test will now appear in the list of applicable tests for the selected system target in HLK studio
Test details
Specifications |
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Expected run time (in minutes) | 10 |
Category | Development |
Timeout (in minutes) | 15 |
Requires reboot | false |
Requires special configuration | false |
Type | manual |
Additional Documentation
Tests in this feature area might have additional documentation, including prerequisites, setup, and troubleshooting information, that can be found in the following topic(s):
Troubleshooting
For generic troubleshooting of HLK test failures, see Troubleshooting Windows HLK Test Failures.