DiskOnChip

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#1

I have a VersaLogic Panther board that includes a 128 MB DiskOnChip. I can install QNX 4.25 on a hard-disk and then format and mount the DiskOnChip as a
separate partition. However, I am unable to install QNX on the DiskOnChip and use it as a boot device. The directions I downloaded from M-Systems indicate that I
can modify my QNX boot disk, but my boot disk also includes license files; it is unreadable. The QNX installer includes a DiskOnChip driver, but it will not detect the
device. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Rick

#2

Previously, Rick Anthony wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:

I have a VersaLogic Panther board that includes a 128 MB DiskOnChip. I can
install QNX 4.25 on a hard-disk and then format and mount the DiskOnChip as a
separate partition. However, I am unable to install QNX on the DiskOnChip and
use it as a boot device.

Could you post some more details? At what point does the system fail? Also, are you using the latest DiskOnChip driver? We had to download the one on the M-Systems web site…

The directions I downloaded from M-Systems indicate
that I
can modify my QNX boot disk, but my boot disk also includes license files; it
is unreadable.

If you intend to boot directly from the DoC (without a boot floppy) you will need to copy your .licenses file to the root of the DoC. You will also need a .boot file for the DoC that contains the appropriate drivers.

  • Pete