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astalor
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 Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:25 pm Post subject: Hard disk in HP test equipment |
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Hello,
I have bought a HP test equipment build with a hard disk inside.
The test equipment is a logic analysis system HP 16500C designed in the
nineties: DOS, 540 Mb hard disk, 16 Mb system RAM,...
The original hard disk is a 540AT made by Quantum, and is referenced
with a HP part number.
I try to replace the hard disk because it is out of order, with a "new"
6.1 Gb disk, formatted with a FAT16 partition and a final 2.1 Gb capacity.
The HP system does not recognize the hard disk and I can't go further.
Any idea on what is wrong and things I can do to fix the problem ?
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astalor
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject: Re: Hard disk in HP test equipment |
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Hello,
Thank you Andrew for your answer.
The problem is fixed since I bought yesterday a common old 1GB IDE disk
made by Quantum for ATs.
The disk was recognized. I've found the system files on the Agilent web
site and after formatting all is now OK again.
Thank you.
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Andrew Smallshaw a écrit :
| Quote: | On 2007-01-07, astalor <astalor@pasdespams.merci> wrote:
The test equipment is a logic analysis system HP 16500C designed in the
nineties: DOS, 540 Mb hard disk, 16 Mb system RAM,...
The original hard disk is a 540AT made by Quantum, and is referenced
with a HP part number.
I try to replace the hard disk because it is out of order, with a "new"
6.1 Gb disk, formatted with a FAT16 partition and a final 2.1 Gb capacity.
I've come across 16500s in the past but can't claim to be an expert
on them: most of the time they were operated by engineers who were
comfortable using them so I never get to play with them. ;-)
First things first. Where does it fall over? At POST or when
trying to boot? ISTR that under the hood they are _not_ DOS based
(but will read DOS disks). You need the disks supplied with the
unit. If those are missing try Agilent's web site, but be warned
that the thing is obsolete now so software may be difficult to
find.
Secondly, it may be that you are simply trying to exceed the 16500C's
limits. I don't know what the capacity limitation is but I'd be
tempted to try a disk more similar in capacity to the original.
Sub-gigabyte certainly.
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