17 Apr
2008
17 Apr
'08
8:45 a.m.
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:33 AM, Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> wrote:
By the way, the 16505A software install/upgrade requires booting from
a floppy, so we need the image of that too.
Are you sure about that for the original 16505A software image
install? I never had a copy of the original 16505A software so I
don't know exactly how it is (re)installed. I know for the 16700
series you just boot directly from the CD and it installs the OS and
the everything.
I do have a "16505A CD INSTALL UTILITY" floppy disk for update
A.01.40, floppy part number 16505-17571, and a "Agilent 16505A
Prototype Analyzer System Software" CD A.01.40, part number
16505-14601, which does require the floppy, but the floppy was read by
the already installed software to start the update from the CD. As
far as I could determine the last time I looked at this CD there was
no way to install the OS and software from the CD on a bare system, it
was an update only.