Frank Applin
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QNX 4 on an old Pentium S computer
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Frank Applin
07/23/2012 4:41 PM
post94382
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QNX 4 on an old Pentium S computer
Hi,
I am trying to get QNX 4 running on an old Pentium S desktop computer.
Here's some information about the computer from the BIOS start up:
CPU - Pentium S
CPU Clock - 166 MHz
Base Mem - 640 K
Ext Mem - 130048 K
Cache Mem - 512 K
Diskette Drive A - 1.44 M 3.5
Display Type - EGA/VGA
Serial Port - 3F8 2F8
Pri Master Disk - LBA, Mode 4, 8455 MB (WDC 310200)
Sec Slave Disk - CDROM, Mode 4
The installation goes through all of it's paces just fine - recognizing all the hardware. I have it create a partition
and choose everything to install, but the Japanese, Chinese, and Cyrrillic options. It asks me for a license and I put
in the Academic License I just received (not sure if it's just for Neutrino install, though). I click Add, but I get no
message or anything. So, I do the next step, which is installing. I see in the little message display at the bottom of
the screen what it is doing and at one point it says "unable to read install1." or something like that and it jumps to
the "Finish" screen and says to re-boot.
When I re-boot, I get the choose partition message and I choose the default, but then I get the ?D (or D?) prompt (which
I read was a disk error). So, I am assuming that the installation did not occur. Any ideas of why not or any
suggestions?
Thanks,
Frank
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Martin Walter
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RE: QNX 4 on an old Pentium S computer
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Martin Walter
07/23/2012 4:57 PM
post94383
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RE: QNX 4 on an old Pentium S computer
Hi Frank,
You don't say which version of QNX 4 you are installing, or what media you are installing from. I.e. QNX supplied media
... 3.5" diskettes, or CD? Or CD made form downloaded image?
I see a couple of problems... the error message you are getting looks like a problem, it suggest that you are installing
a pretty old version from 3.5" floppies, and that disk 1 cannot be read... at least that's my guess based on the info
provided. If you are not using floppies, then it could be related to the license.. I believe you are asked to insert a
floppy, if you have one with licenses on. All this is form memory and all is dependent on which version.
Another problem will be your license... a Neutrino license will not work with QNX 4, although this shouldn't affect the
install of the OS. If you have original media form QNX, you should have a license, either on a 3.5 floppy disk, or a
license certificate.
-Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Applin [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com]
Sent: July-23-12 4:41 PM
To: general-qnx4
Subject: QNX 4 on an old Pentium S computer
Hi,
I am trying to get QNX 4 running on an old Pentium S desktop computer.
Here's some information about the computer from the BIOS start up:
CPU - Pentium S
CPU Clock - 166 MHz
Base Mem - 640 K
Ext Mem - 130048 K
Cache Mem - 512 K
Diskette Drive A - 1.44 M 3.5
Display Type - EGA/VGA
Serial Port - 3F8 2F8
Pri Master Disk - LBA, Mode 4, 8455 MB (WDC 310200) Sec Slave Disk - CDROM, Mode 4
The installation goes through all of it's paces just fine - recognizing all the hardware. I have it create a partition
and choose everything to install, but the Japanese, Chinese, and Cyrrillic options. It asks me for a license and I put
in the Academic License I just received (not sure if it's just for Neutrino install, though). I click Add, but I get no
message or anything. So, I do the next step, which is installing. I see in the little message display at the bottom of
the screen what it is doing and at one point it says "unable to read install1." or something like that and it jumps to
the "Finish" screen and says to re-boot.
When I re-boot, I get the choose partition message and I choose the default, but then I get the ?D (or D?) prompt (which
I read was a disk error). So, I am assuming that the installation did not occur. Any ideas of why not or any
suggestions?
Thanks,
Frank
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Frank Applin
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Re: RE: QNX 4 on an old Pentium S computer
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Frank Applin
07/24/2012 7:36 AM
post94386
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Re: RE: QNX 4 on an old Pentium S computer
Hi Martin,
I am running the install off of a CD using the QNX4CD.110614.iso. Any other thoughts?
Thanks,
Frank
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Frank Applin
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Re: RE: QNX 4 on an old Pentium S computer
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Frank Applin
07/24/2012 7:59 AM
post94388
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Re: RE: QNX 4 on an old Pentium S computer
Martin,
I went to the QNX Hardware Support page, this morning. I may have to use an older version of QNX 4 that I'm am trying to
use.
QNX4 4.21
Platform Manufacturer CPU
x86 AMD Elan SC300, Elan SC310, Elan SC400, Elan SC410
x86 Cyrix Media GX
x86 Intel 386 EX, 486, Pentium, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium Pro, ULP 486
x86 STMicroelectronics STPC
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Corey Anderson
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Re: RE: QNX 4 on an old Pentium S computer
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Corey Anderson
08/16/2012 4:03 PM
post94898
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Re: RE: QNX 4 on an old Pentium S computer
If you're not seeing the "License successfully Added" when you enter a license, and the options for the OS, TCP,
Voyager, or C compiler etc aren't turning green, then it's not installing anything.
According to QNX, you cannot get trial licenses for QNX4 any more.
I'm having the same problem on a Pentium S where I can get the OS to purportedly install, but it won't boot. I too am
getting the ?D error when I try to boot up. I've tried changing the settings in the BIOS from LBA mode, Normal, etc and
they all fail. During setup it detects LBA mode anyway, overriding BIOS.
It's funny because I can install QNX4 on an P4 computer with SATA drives and it boots and runs fine. The reason I need
the old Pentium S to work is because I need the ISA slots it has.
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