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Re: seedres causing error messages in boot process
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08/20/2008 12:05 PM
post12106
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Re: seedres causing error messages in boot process
> Hello Experts,
>
I've ask the same question in another forum and the QNX master on the subject mention that these are only warning and
should be ignored.
> I may have placed this question into a wrong category of QNX forum before, so
> please do not mind if you find it here again.
>
> When I installed QNX 6.3.2 to the first of several PC x86 target computers
> recently, it displayed these messages:
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> ( ... BIOS messages ... )
> Press F1-F4 to select drive or select partition 1? 1
> Hit Esc for .altboot...........................................
> ..............Unable to allocate resource: Invalid argument
> Unable to allocate resource: Invalid argument
> Unable to allocate resource: Invalid argument
> Unable to allocate resource: Invalid argument
> Unable to allocate resource: Invalid argument
> Unable to allocate resource: Invalid argument
> Unable to allocate resource: Invalid argument
> Unable to allocate resource: Invalid argument
> Unable to allocate resource: Invalid argument
> Unable to allocate resource: Invalid argument
> ( ... no more output displayed for some Minutes ... )
> Press the space bar to input boot options or D to disable DMA
> ( ... startup continues displaying normal messages ... )
>
> With more verbose boot output, it became clear that seedres caused the
> messages.
>
> The computers (x86 Workstation PC, not notebooks) have Intel CPU, Asus main
> board, middle of the road equipment. I have
> switched BIOS option "PnP OS" NO as requested by the QNX installation
> instruction. However, in the "seedres" chapter of
> QNX user's manual, this option is requested to be switched to YES, in order
> to enable seedres or pci-bios respectively
> to configure the hardware.
>
> The error messages do not care whether "PnP OS" is YES or NO in the BIOS
> configuration.
>
> Can someone give advice?
>
> Thank you and regards,
>
> Michael Haas/FH Braunschweig/Wolfenbuettel
>
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