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Mike Gorchak
05/08/2010 1:44 PM
post53835
QNX 6.5.0 installation and HDD with already allocated partitions   
I had this partition layout on my HDD:

1) QNX 6.4.1 (QNX6FS, type 179) (40000Mb)
2) Solaris 10 (type 191)  (60000Mb)
3) free (rest free space is > 200Gb)
4) free

When I tried to install QNX 6.5.0 M9 to the partition 3) with type 178, the installation was terminated with the error "
Can't mount /dev/hd0t178". After this QNX 6.4.1 partition 1) was lost and became "unformatted" (no files, no QNX6FS 
filesystem structure, etc).
Christophe Hannoyer
05/10/2010 6:28 AM
post54020
Re: QNX 6.5.0 installation and HDD with already allocated partitions   
Hi,

This will not help you but I get also this problem with 6.5.0 M9 when I tried to install it on an HDD with some 
partition.

I don't know also if we are here on the right project.

Regards,
Chrstophe
Keith Russell(deleted)
05/10/2010 2:30 PM
post54093
Re: QNX 6.5.0 installation and HDD with already allocated partitions   
Hi Mike,

Could you give me some more info so I can help diagnose what went wrong?

To obtain this information you will have to boot and run from the 6.5.0 CD.

Can you let me know what hardware this was on? Please attach the output of pci -v. 

Also please attach the output of "fdisk /dev/hd0 info" and "fdisk /dev/hd0 show" (assuming your dealing with the first 
hard drive).

Thanks,
Keith Russell
Mike Gorchak
05/11/2010 12:55 PM
post54217
Re: QNX 6.5.0 installation and HDD with already allocated partitions   
> Can you let me know what hardware this was on? Please attach the output of pci
>  -v. 

The platform is VMWare 7.0.1 build 227600. Output of pci -v is attached in archive.

> Also please attach the output of "fdisk /dev/hd0 info" and "fdisk /dev/hd0 
> show" (assuming your dealing with the first hard drive).

Output of fdisk info and fdisk show is also attached in archive. But I deleted all partitions to install 6.5.0 M9.

It is easy to reproduce this problem, I checked this few minutes before. Just create two small partitions of any size on
 your HDD, for example, with type 179 and type 177. And then try to install 6.5.0 M9 using partition type 178 to the 
third available partition.
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Keith Russell(deleted)
05/11/2010 1:04 PM
post54223
Re: QNX 6.5.0 installation and HDD with already allocated partitions   
Great. I'll take a look.

Thanks,
Keith Russell


On 10-05-11 12:55 , "Mike Gorchak" <community-noreply@qnx.com> wrote:

>> Can you let me know what hardware this was on? Please attach the output of
>> pci
>>  -v. 
> 
> The platform is VMWare 7.0.1 build 227600. Output of pci -v is attached in
> archive.
> 
>> Also please attach the output of "fdisk /dev/hd0 info" and "fdisk /dev/hd0
>> show" (assuming your dealing with the first hard drive).
> 
> Output of fdisk info and fdisk show is also attached in archive. But I deleted
> all partitions to install 6.5.0 M9.
> 
> It is easy to reproduce this problem, I checked this few minutes before. Just
> create two small partitions of any size on your HDD, for example, with type
> 179 and type 177. And then try to install 6.5.0 M9 using partition type 178 to
> the third available partition.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> QNX Software Development Platform Pre-Releases
> http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post54217
Keith Russell(deleted)
05/19/2010 1:45 PM
post55180
Re: QNX 6.5.0 installation and HDD with already allocated partitions   
Hi Mike,

Sorry for the delay. We can't reproduce it here. I'm thinking it's something
along the lines of this issue:

http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/topc8694

so could you post the _exact_ sequence you followed to get the 'bad' VM and
the partition table once you do?

Thanks,
Keith Russell


On 10-05-11 12:55 , "Mike Gorchak" <community-noreply@qnx.com> wrote:

>> Can you let me know what hardware this was on? Please attach the output of
>> pci
>>  -v. 
> 
> The platform is VMWare 7.0.1 build 227600. Output of pci -v is attached in
> archive.
> 
>> Also please attach the output of "fdisk /dev/hd0 info" and "fdisk /dev/hd0
>> show" (assuming your dealing with the first hard drive).
> 
> Output of fdisk info and fdisk show is also attached in archive. But I deleted
> all partitions to install 6.5.0 M9.
> 
> It is easy to reproduce this problem, I checked this few minutes before. Just
> create two small partitions of any size on your HDD, for example, with type
> 179 and type 177. And then try to install 6.5.0 M9 using partition type 178 to
> the third available partition.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> QNX Software Development Platform Pre-Releases
> http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post54217

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