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Forum Topic - Some QNX troubles.: (8 Items)
   
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Omar Sarwar
10/28/2010 10:18 AM
post72810
Some QNX troubles.   
Hi folks,

I am hoping someone here with a wealth of QNX knowledge will be able to help me out in a tricky situation here.

I've ordered a new PC, Advantech Motherboard Q35 Chipset AIMB-766 and IDE Hard Drive.

I was originally trying my floppy disk version of QNX 4.25A which consists of 5 or 6 floppy disks to install the 
operating system.

However, upon using the Boot Disk and getting to the bit where it trys to find the hard drive. It says it couldn't auto 
detect the adapter, so I select Fsys.eide, after which an error message appears "No Adaptors Found!" and continues to 
display "Waiting for /dev/hd0 to initilize" until it asks to reboot.

I tried using the QNX 4.2 RTOS CD which installs QNX fine and detects the hard drive and cd rom drive fine. (Seems to 
use Fsys.atapi)

However, the naming convention for the HD and CD rom are different.

CD-ROM = cd0.0
Hard Drive = hd0.0

It is important that the hd0.0 is hd0 and cd0.0 is CD0 due to the software that is required to be installed.

Is it possible to do this?

But the big bonus for me is, would it be possible to somehow get the fsys.atapi onto a bootable QNX floppy and be able 
to boot up qnx with that and then continue installing from the remaining floppy disks?

Hopefully I've made sense, any help is appreciated!
Omar Sarwar
10/28/2010 10:22 AM
post72812
Re: Some QNX troubles.   
I also forgot to mention, I tried using the QNX 4.25 2009 boot floppy available on the website here, but this did not 
work, it does not boot up properly.
Hugh Brown
10/28/2010 10:27 AM
post72814
Re: Some QNX troubles.   
You can change your disk/CD names as follows:

Edit your /boot/build/install.$node file
Change the Fsys.atapi line to read just $ /bin/Fsys.atapi
Change the mount line to read $ /bin/mount ­p /dev/hd0 /dev/hd0t77 /
cd /boot
make b=install.$node
cp images/install.$node /.boot
Then you must edit your /etc/config/sysinit.$node file and change all
references to hd0.0 to hd0 and all references to cd0.0 to cd0.

Reboot your machine.

Hope this helps.


On 10-10-28 10:18 AM, "Omar Sarwar" <community-noreply@qnx.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I am hoping someone here with a wealth of QNX knowledge will be able to help
> me out in a tricky situation here.
> 
> I've ordered a new PC, Advantech Motherboard Q35 Chipset AIMB-766 and IDE Hard
> Drive.
> 
> I was originally trying my floppy disk version of QNX 4.25A which consists of
> 5 or 6 floppy disks to install the operating system.
> 
> However, upon using the Boot Disk and getting to the bit where it trys to find
> the hard drive. It says it couldn't auto detect the adapter, so I select
> Fsys.eide, after which an error message appears "No Adaptors Found!" and
> continues to display "Waiting for /dev/hd0 to initilize" until it asks to
> reboot.
> 
> I tried using the QNX 4.2 RTOS CD which installs QNX fine and detects the hard
> drive and cd rom drive fine. (Seems to use Fsys.atapi)
> 
> However, the naming convention for the HD and CD rom are different.
> 
> CD-ROM = cd0.0
> Hard Drive = hd0.0
> 
> It is important that the hd0.0 is hd0 and cd0.0 is CD0 due to the software
> that is required to be installed.
> 
> Is it possible to do this?
> 
> But the big bonus for me is, would it be possible to somehow get the
> fsys.atapi onto a bootable QNX floppy and be able to boot up qnx with that and
> then continue installing from the remaining floppy disks?
> 
> Hopefully I've made sense, any help is appreciated!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> QNX4 Community Support
> http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post72810
> 
> 

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QNX Software Systems Ltd.        (613) 591-3579           (fax)
175 Terence Matthews Cres.       email:  hsbrown@qnx.com
Kanata, Ontario, Canada.
K2M 1W8
Omar Sarwar
10/28/2010 10:31 AM
post72815
Re: Some QNX troubles.   
Thanks for the speedy reply Hugh.

I will give that a go.

However, do you know if it is possible to be able to install QNX from our bootable floppy disks by somehow getting the 
fsys.atapi driver into the bootable floppy in some way?
Hugh Brown
10/28/2010 10:46 AM
post72821
Re: Some QNX troubles.   
AFAIK, if you run Œinstall ­d¹ it will ask you for a disk with the driver,
so if you copy Fsys.atapi on to another diskette, this should work.



On 10-10-28 10:31 AM, "Omar Sarwar" <community-noreply@qnx.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the speedy reply Hugh.
> 
> I will give that a go.
> 
> However, do you know if it is possible to be able to install QNX from our
> bootable floppy disks by somehow getting the fsys.atapi driver into the
> bootable floppy in some way?
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> QNX4 Community Support
> http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post72815
> 
> 

-- 
Hugh Brown                      (613) 591-0931 ext. 2209 (voice)
QNX Software Systems Ltd.        (613) 591-3579           (fax)
175 Terence Matthews Cres.       email:  hsbrown@qnx.com
Kanata, Ontario, Canada.
K2M 1W8
Omar Sarwar
10/29/2010 6:36 AM
post72940
Re: Some QNX troubles.   
Hi Hugh,

Thanks for your help.

I managed to get the Fsys.atapi onto the floppy disk drive.

When I use the QNX 4.25 Boot Disk and select my hard disk controller, I select the Fsys.atapi and it finds the hard 
drive and cd-rom.

But then after it finds and detects the hard drive it shows the error message

"/dev/hd0 waiting to initalize" or vice versa.

Have you any ideas?
Omar Sarwar
10/29/2010 10:45 AM
post72985
Re: Some QNX troubles.   
Hey,

I managed to install QNX by getting the Fsys.atapi onto the bootable floppy.

After which I went through the install procedure through the remaining 5 floppies.

However, the Install Disk 1 copied over the default driver files but not the atapi so when booting up QNX it doesn't 
find the file and in which turn doesn't detect the hard drive.

Is there any way around this? or to put the file onto the install disk?
Hugh Brown
11/01/2010 9:02 AM
post73117
Re: Some QNX troubles.   
Near the end of the installation it asks you again to insert the driver
floppy so that it can build a boot image with the new driver. Did you do
this?


On 10-10-29 10:45 AM, "Omar Sarwar" <community-noreply@qnx.com> wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> I managed to install QNX by getting the Fsys.atapi onto the bootable floppy.
> 
> After which I went through the install procedure through the remaining 5
> floppies.
> 
> However, the Install Disk 1 copied over the default driver files but not the
> atapi so when booting up QNX it doesn't find the file and in which turn
> doesn't detect the hard drive.
> 
> Is there any way around this? or to put the file onto the install disk?
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> QNX4 Community Support
> http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post72985
> 
> 

-- 
Hugh Brown                      (613) 591-0931 ext. 2209 (voice)
QNX Software Systems Ltd.        (613) 591-3579           (fax)
175 Terence Matthews Cres.       email:  hsbrown@qnx.com
Kanata, Ontario, Canada.
K2M 1W8

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