Hello everybody,
I want to setup an OS image containing the OS, our application, a few data
files and a few scripts. This image would then be installed on the blank
hard drive of another machine.
This would enable us with a quick and efficient way to standardize the
software configuration of our systems.
The ‘mkifs’ utility for QNX6 seems to be the answer. Does someone know if
there is a port of ‘mkifs’ for QNX4.24?
Regards,
Alain Boyer
“Alain Boyer” <aboyer@broadtel.com> wrote in message
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Hello everybody,
I want to setup an OS image containing the OS, our application, a few data
files and a few scripts. This image would then be installed on the blank
hard drive of another machine.This would enable us with a quick and efficient way to standardize the
software configuration of our systems.
I don’t think that’s possible under QNX4 as it can’t mount an “image”.
The ‘mkifs’ utility for QNX6 seems to be the answer. Does someone know if
there is a port of ‘mkifs’ for QNX4.24?
Even if mkifs would exists, you still couldn’t “mount” it.
Note that I’m having second though about this, I think the QNX4 allowed
installation on a DOS partition, so it must support mouting images
somehow???
Regards,
Alain Boyer
There is no similar utility under QNX4 that I know of. What
I’ve done in this circumstance is to put all files under an
“image” directory. I then use pax and freeze to create an
archive. This archive is then unloaded onto a clean hard
drive. It is also possible to install the software, and then
copy the beginning part of the disk into an image file which
may be copied onto an identical hard drive.
Previously, Alain Boyer wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:
Hello everybody,
I want to setup an OS image containing the OS, our application, a few data
files and a few scripts. This image would then be installed on the blank
hard drive of another machine.This would enable us with a quick and efficient way to standardize the
software configuration of our systems.The ‘mkifs’ utility for QNX6 seems to be the answer. Does someone know if
there is a port of ‘mkifs’ for QNX4.24?Regards,
Alain Boyer
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Mitchell Schoenbrun --------- maschoen@pobox.com
Hi,
Thanks for your help. I found on the knowledge base (QNX.000009531) a
procedure to achieve what I want.
It involves: fdisk to create a QNX partition, dinit to initialize it, pax to
copy the QNX and application files and then a manual copy of the .boot,
…altboot and .licenses files.
However, I’m having a problem when I try to boot the disk after that.
Before even seeing any QNX messages, the screen clears and show the
following message:
Press a key to reboot.
Could it be related to fdisk? When a created my partition on the disk, I
used type 77 and the default values for start and end sector.
Does someone knows what could be the problem?
Regards
Alain Boyer
“Mitchell Schoenbrun” <maschoen@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:Voyager.011129111256.9485C@schoenbrun.com…
There is no similar utility under QNX4 that I know of. What
I’ve done in this circumstance is to put all files under an
“image” directory. I then use pax and freeze to create an
archive. This archive is then unloaded onto a clean hard
drive. It is also possible to install the software, and then
copy the beginning part of the disk into an image file which
may be copied onto an identical hard drive.
Previously, Alain Boyer wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:
Hello everybody,I want to setup an OS image containing the OS, our application, a few
data
files and a few scripts. This image would then be installed on the
blank
hard drive of another machine.This would enable us with a quick and efficient way to standardize the
software configuration of our systems.The ‘mkifs’ utility for QNX6 seems to be the answer. Does someone know
if
there is a port of ‘mkifs’ for QNX4.24?Regards,
Alain Boyer
\Mitchell Schoenbrun --------- > maschoen@pobox.com
However, I’m having a problem when I try to boot the disk after that.
Before even seeing any QNX messages, the screen clears and show the
following message:Press a key to reboot.
Could it be related to fdisk? When a created my partition on the disk, I
used type 77 and the default values for start and end sector.
I have no idea, but my guess would be that your BIOS has decided that
neither the hard disk nor the floppy are bootable and thus is asking
you to replace the diskette and try again. Just a guess.
“Alain Boyer” <aboyer@broadtel.com> wrote in message
news:9ubhmp$6j0$1@inn.qnx.com…
Hi,
Thanks for your help. I found on the knowledge base (QNX.000009531) a
procedure to achieve what I want.It involves: fdisk to create a QNX partition, dinit to initialize it, pax
to
copy the QNX and application files and then a manual copy of the .boot,
.altboot and .licenses files.However, I’m having a problem when I try to boot the disk after that.
Before even seeing any QNX messages, the screen clears and show the
following message:Press a key to reboot.
Could it be related to fdisk? When a created my partition on the disk, I
used type 77 and the default values for start and end sector.
How did you dinit the drive? Was the boot loader installed? Was one
of the partition mark as active?
Does someone knows what could be the problem?
Regards
Alain Boyer
“Mitchell Schoenbrun” <> maschoen@pobox.com> > wrote in message
news:> Voyager.011129111256.9485C@schoenbrun.com> …
There is no similar utility under QNX4 that I know of. What
I’ve done in this circumstance is to put all files under an
“image” directory. I then use pax and freeze to create an
archive. This archive is then unloaded onto a clean hard
drive. It is also possible to install the software, and then
copy the beginning part of the disk into an image file which
may be copied onto an identical hard drive.
Previously, Alain Boyer wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:
Hello everybody,I want to setup an OS image containing the OS, our application, a few
data
files and a few scripts. This image would then be installed on the
blank
hard drive of another machine.This would enable us with a quick and efficient way to standardize the
software configuration of our systems.The ‘mkifs’ utility for QNX6 seems to be the answer. Does someone
know
if
there is a port of ‘mkifs’ for QNX4.24?Regards,
Alain Boyer
\Mitchell Schoenbrun --------- > maschoen@pobox.com
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