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Marek W
11/22/2007 9:18 AM
post2849
x86 image on usbstick   
Hi,
My goal is to crate qnx image that I can put on usbstick and boot it using grub.
The image is not directly installed to /dev/usb but I want it to put raw file on a vfat formated pendrive.

Using in grub

title QNX_rtl
        kernel /boot/memdisk.bin
        initrd /boot/qnx.raw

I have tried with all this 
bios.build 
finstall.build
qnxbasedmaaps.build
qnxbasesmp.build
qemu-minimal.build
qnxbase.build
qnxbasedma.build

and they all boot fine in QEMU but neither wants to boot in real PC from grub and pendrive

They boots almost fine but stops after 

 Hit Esc for .altboot............................................................
                      .................

What could be fix for booting qnx with my method?
Freddy Martens(deleted)
12/04/2007 4:38 PM
post3326
Re: x86 image on usbstick   
Hi,

Post you project file or post the non-momentics version of the mkifs file. 
Are you using:
[virtual=x86,bios] .bootstrap={   ?

try:
[virtual=x86,raw] .bootstrap={  
Maybe this helps.

Check also:
http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.3.2/neutrino/utilities/m/mkifs.html#raw

Regards,
Freddy

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James Mulcahy
01/03/2008 10:38 AM
post4034
Re: x86 image on usbstick   
Just for reference, I'm doing exactly this at the moment using the following configuration:

menu.lst

title QNX USB Image (generic.ifs)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /generic.ifs

build file:

[virtual=x86,elf +compress] .boot {
// blah blah
}

I believe it's the elf bit which is most crucial here.  Once I've created a generic.ifs from this build file I simply 
drop it on the USB stick and I'm off. Very handy!

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