Hard disk in HP test equipment

[astalor]

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 ?


thank you

 

[paulmd]

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.

If you look, you can dig up an identical drive. If you contact me
privately, i might be able to find one. (I work at a computer recycling
center, drives that small are normally scrapped.... but if you need
one, we can deal)


But... is the old one in fact dead?

 

[kony]

If you look, you can dig up an identical drive. If you contact me
privately, i might be able to find one. (I work at a computer recycling
center, drives that small are normally scrapped.... but if you need
one, we can deal)


But... is the old one in fact dead?

I'd think about using a 512MB Compact Flash card w/IDE
adapter... can only assume the supposed "DOS" filesystem
means FAT16.

 

[Mike Walsh]

The drive is probably not being recognized because of BIOS limitations. You can get around this limitation by upgrading the BIOS or installing a PCI adapter (don't know if these are available for ISA) with large hard drive support.

 

[CBFalconer]

The drive is probably not being recognized because of BIOS
limitations. You can get around this limitation by upgrading the
BIOS or installing a PCI adapter (don't know if these are available
for ISA) with large hard drive support.

You don't need an adaptor, you just need a bios extender, which is
a ROM mounted in the upper memory area. These are available
mounted on PCI or ISA cards. I have one somewhere. It uses you
existing connections. No bios flash needed. Take it out and its
gone.

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chars or so. 67 is better.