Jeevan Mathew(deleted)
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Re: Which loader to use for USB flash stick
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Jeevan Mathew(deleted)
04/23/2009 7:51 AM
post27857
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Re: Which loader to use for USB flash stick
Instaed of
> dinit -f /x86/boot/sys/ipl-diskpc2 /dev/hd10t79
did you tried :
dloader /dev/hd0t79 pc2
???
> I am running QNX 6.3.2 on a Boxer computer type AEC-6920. The boot device is a
> 4 Gbyte partition on an 8 Gbyte CF flash card. I have created a backup on a 4
> Gbyte USB stick, and I try to make it bootable. The USB stick popped up as /
> fs/hd10-dos-1 and as /dev/hd10t12. After umounting those, I did:
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> fdisk /dev/hd10 delete -a
> fdisk /dev/hd10 add -s1 -t79 -b -p100
> dinit -h /dev/hd10t79
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> I found a zero length .boot file in the root of the stick so I tried
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> dinit -f /x86/boot/sys/ipl-diskpc2 /dev/hd10t79
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> but found that dinit reported /x86/boot/sys/ipl-diskpc2-flop for the loader.
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> I swapped boot priority in the BIOS but no success in booting. Swapping back
> again, I did boot fron the CF card but after some time I could select to mount
> either the CF or the USB stick as root. I mounted the USB stick as root and
> the system continued to boot and works fine, but slower.
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> Now I compared the sizes of the .boot files in the root of both devices, the
> stick .boot was 472 bytes and the CF .boot (that worked) was 1214560 bytes!
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> I copied the CF .boot (and the .altboot) to the stick and tried again. It
> stopped at the BIOS message "Hit Esc for .altboot", which was partially
> overwritten by characters and then nothing happened.
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> Where can I find a suitable .boot file? The stick is reported as vendor
> 0x090c (SMI Corporation), product 0x1000, (Mem-drive easyII) by the usb
> utility.
>
> Or must I build my own.ifs file?
>
> Grateful for help
> /Rune Larsson
>
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