We are doing the maintenance for a building security system which
operate on QNX version 4.23. The software is called Summit version 9.03
purchased from a company in Canada called ISS Integrated Security
Solutions Inc.
The software came in a set of 18 diskettes. Upon full installation of
all the diskettes and cold boot of the system, the system will go
straight into the Summit application.
I do not think that this is a complete QNX operating system and there is
nowhere which I can operate any QNX commands.
Can someone advise me how to get a copy of the QNX version 4.23 with the
required command function and how to do a diskcopy. We need to do a
backup of all the diskettes in case it get corrupted. It would be even
better if we can backup to a CD-R.
Hmmmm You could try at startup pressing escape and see if the system
boots into the “alt” boot mode. Perhaps the company setup a recovery
boot image, so by pressing escape would load that (this message may
appear at startup, if not it was simply hidden).
We are doing the maintenance for a building security system which
operate on QNX version 4.23. The software is called Summit version 9.03
purchased from a company in Canada called ISS Integrated Security
Solutions Inc.
The software came in a set of 18 diskettes. Upon full installation of
all the diskettes and cold boot of the system, the system will go
straight into the Summit application.
I do not think that this is a complete QNX operating system and there is
nowhere which I can operate any QNX commands.
Can someone advise me how to get a copy of the QNX version 4.23 with the
required command function and how to do a diskcopy. We need to do a
backup of all the diskettes in case it get corrupted. It would be even
better if we can backup to a CD-R.
Can someone advise me how to get a copy of the QNX version 4.23 with the
required command function and how to do a diskcopy. We need to do a
backup of all the diskettes in case it get corrupted. It would be even
better if we can backup to a CD-R.
Once you have a QNX shell, you must start floppy driver (if already not
started) by typing:
Fsys.floppy &
Then you can make an exact copy of disk by these commands:
cp /dev/fd0 tmp
(this copies raw data from floppy into file tmp)
cp tmp /dev/fd0
(this copies raw data to floppy)
Mgr. Martin Gazak, MicroStep-MIS
Ilkovicova 3, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovakia
Tel: +421 2 60291 816
e-mail:matog@microstep-mis.sk
We are doing the maintenance for a building security system which
operate on QNX version 4.23. The software is called Summit version 9.03
purchased from a company in Canada called ISS Integrated Security
Solutions Inc.
The software came in a set of 18 diskettes. Upon full installation of
all the diskettes and cold boot of the system, the system will go
straight into the Summit application.
I do not think that this is a complete QNX operating system and there is
nowhere which I can operate any QNX commands.
Can someone advise me how to get a copy of the QNX version 4.23 with the
required command function and how to do a diskcopy. We need to do a
backup of all the diskettes in case it get corrupted. It would be even
better if we can backup to a CD-R.
Download QNX6 (23Meg at get.qnx.com). QNX6 and QNX 4 floppy format
is the same. Once QNX6 is up an running you can copy the disk
by doing:
QNX6 should also give you access to the DOS partition on the
harddisk (unless it’s NTFS). This should allow you to copy
all diskettes image to the HD to burn them on a CD.
cp /dev/fd0 /fs/hd0-dos/floppy1.img
I’m only familiar with windows operating system.
My description wasn’t that detailed but feel free to ask if you
need more help.
“Tang Choon Meng” <> vigorous@pacific.net.sg> > wrote in message
news:> 3BAF84F0.2799981F@pacific.net.sg> …
We are doing the maintenance for a building security system which
operate on QNX version 4.23. The software is called Summit version 9.03
purchased from a company in Canada called ISS Integrated Security
Solutions Inc.
The software came in a set of 18 diskettes. Upon full installation of
all the diskettes and cold boot of the system, the system will go
straight into the Summit application.
I do not think that this is a complete QNX operating system and there is
nowhere which I can operate any QNX commands.
Can someone advise me how to get a copy of the QNX version 4.23 with the
required command function and how to do a diskcopy. We need to do a
backup of all the diskettes in case it get corrupted. It would be even
better if we can backup to a CD-R.
Download QNX6 (23Meg at get.qnx.com). QNX6 and QNX 4 floppy format
is the same. Once QNX6 is up an running you can copy the disk
by doing:
QNX6 should also give you access to the DOS partition on the
harddisk (unless it’s NTFS). This should allow you to copy
all diskettes image to the HD to burn them on a CD.
cp /dev/fd0 /fs/hd0-dos/floppy1.img
I’m only familiar with windows operating system.
My description wasn’t that detailed but feel free to ask if you
need more help.
Can someone advise me how to get a copy of the QNX version 4.23 with the
required command function and how to do a diskcopy. We need to do a
backup of all the diskettes in case it get corrupted. It would be even
better if we can backup to a CD-R.
I’m only familiar with windows operating system.
If you just need to backup floppies you may use old DOS programs like ddi,
dupe or wimage. They copy floppies images sector by sector so it doesn’t
matter if there is DOS or QNX filesystem on them. They should be available at
Simtel probably. Of course you may also copy those images to CD-R.
Regards,
Greg Wrobel
wrobel@no-spam.zdania.com.pl Experimental Department of Scientific
phone: (+48 12) 617-2883 Equipment and Automation
fax: (+48 12) 634-2205 30-059 Krakow, al.Mickiewicza 30, Poland
Tang Choon Meng wrote:
Can someone advise me how to get a copy of the QNX version 4.23 with the
required command function and how to do a diskcopy. We need to do a
backup of all the diskettes in case it get corrupted. It would be even
better if we can backup to a CD-R.
I’m only familiar with windows operating system.
If you just need to backup floppies you may use old DOS programs like
ddi,
dupe or wimage. They copy floppies images sector by sector so it doesn’t
matter if there is DOS or QNX filesystem on them. They should be available
at
Simtel probably. Of course you may also copy those images to CD-R.
That reminds me, I think diskcopy works.
Regards,
Greg Wrobel
wrobel@no-spam.zdania.com.pl > Experimental Department of Scientific
phone: (+48 12) 617-2883 Equipment and Automation
fax: (+48 12) 634-2205 30-059 Krakow, al.Mickiewicza 30, Poland
Thank everybody, I have got the diskettes all copied.
This should not be considered as an illegal commercial usage as we have paid a
price for the original application software which includes QNX operating system.
The diskcopy is merely for backup purposes.
Tang Choon Meng wrote:
Can someone advise me how to get a copy of the QNX version 4.23 with the
required command function and how to do a diskcopy. We need to do a
backup of all the diskettes in case it get corrupted. It would be even
better if we can backup to a CD-R.
I’m only familiar with windows operating system.
If you just need to backup floppies you may use old DOS programs like
ddi,
dupe or wimage. They copy floppies images sector by sector so it doesn’t
matter if there is DOS or QNX filesystem on them. They should be available
at
Simtel probably. Of course you may also copy those images to CD-R.
That reminds me, I think diskcopy works.
Regards,
Greg Wrobel
wrobel@no-spam.zdania.com.pl > Experimental Department of Scientific
phone: (+48 12) 617-2883 Equipment and Automation
fax: (+48 12) 634-2205 30-059 Krakow, al.Mickiewicza 30, Poland
Thank everybody, I have got the diskettes all copied.
This should not be considered as an illegal commercial usage as we have
paid a
price for the original application software which includes QNX operating
system.
It’s not the fact that you copy that could illegal, is the usage of
the tool. If you used DOS diskcopy and haven’t paid for DOS that
is what would be illegal.
Tang Choon Meng wrote:
Can someone advise me how to get a copy of the QNX version 4.23 with
the
required command function and how to do a diskcopy. We need to do a
backup of all the diskettes in case it get corrupted. It would be
even
better if we can backup to a CD-R.
I’m only familiar with windows operating system.
If you just need to backup floppies you may use old DOS programs
like
ddi,
dupe or wimage. They copy floppies images sector by sector so it
doesn’t
matter if there is DOS or QNX filesystem on them. They should be
available
at
Simtel probably. Of course you may also copy those images to CD-R.
That reminds me, I think diskcopy works.
Regards,
Greg Wrobel
wrobel@no-spam.zdania.com.pl > Experimental Department of Scientific
phone: (+48 12) 617-2883 Equipment and Automation
fax: (+48 12) 634-2205 30-059 Krakow, al.Mickiewicza 30,
Poland
Thank everybody, I have got the diskettes all copied.
This should not be considered as an illegal commercial usage as we have
paid a price for the original application software which includes
QNX operating system. The diskcopy is merely for backup purposes.
QSSL doesn’t object to copies for archival purposes. It is if you
did another install on a new machine and were running both machines
that QSSL would object.
-David
Not an official statement of QSSL policy – just my understanding of
it.
