Glen,
On 3/24/2019 5:11 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
I finally found my recovery DVDs. The DVDs that I received as physical
copies from Agilent in the "Part Number: 16900-68722 16900A/16902A
Recovery DVD Kit" envelope are labeled "Logic Analyzer Recovery DVD
16900A and 16902A Only" / "Part Number: 16900-14121" on the DVD
itself.
Yeah, I was sent 16900-14121.ISO, and 16900-14122.ISO (for the BIOS upgrade). That's all I really needed for the 16900A.
I forgot that there is a different recovery DVD for the 16903A, part
number 16903-14107. I had to request an image for that one from
Keysight before it magically appeared (and quickly disappeared later)
on their FTP server.
Ah, now I remember even more. There used to be a handy text file on
their FTP server named "Decoder Ring (Which one do you need).txt"
which had the part numbers for the appropriate recovery media. On the
recovery media there is an XML file which has some hard coded values
to check in the BIOS for a match before the image restore will
proceed. While the same ADLINK M-815G motherboard is used in multiple
analyzers, it may have different analyzer dependent signatures in the
BIOS.
Thanks for that list. I saw you posted that on EEVBLOG too.
FWIW, those scripts are simply in some DOS batch files, which are easily modifiable in case there isn't a "hard match."
The recovery disks contain Norton .GHO and .GHS files that get combined to produce a single disk image. You can use those files directly without the need of any of their utilities. You can convert those to .ISO, or .VMDK for virtual machines, or really whatever you need.
I find the standardization and ease-to-decode files and file structure refreshing. I love being able to use the files beyond their original application.
Thanks,
Keith
Keith Monahan