Installation - New Fsys.aha8scsi with old CD QNX4

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1

Hi,
I have an old CD Installation that include an alpha version of
Fsys.aha8scsi, the problem is that I have a new harddisk controller (Adaptec
29160N) and it is support only with the release version of Fsys.aha8scsi in
a patch somewhere. I have put the new version of Fsys.aha8scsi on a floppy
(one floppy in qnx format and one in dos format), when I run the
installation CD it does not autodetect the harddisk, so I select the option
to add drivers from floppy but it’s not working.

I know that there’s a way to add it but I didn’t know how, if I start a
console before autodetect, and I run these “Fsys &” and “Fsys.aha8scsi” from
a floppy, it’s working and I saw a /dev/hd0

Thanks

Denis

2

Hi Denis,

I had the same issue. Make sure you have the correct Fsys.aha8scsi
dated Feb 06, 2001 cksum 178730. The way I get it to work is by :

Once the automatic hardware selection is finished, do the following:

  1. Insert the Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk into the floppy drive
  2. Click ‘ADD’
  3. Choose ‘Disk Driver on Floppy’ from the ‘Hardware Driver’ pull down
    menu
  4. Click “F5 from Floppy”
  5. Click on Fsys.aha8scsi from floppy window and enter “OK”
  6. On the command window, change /bin/Fsys.aha8scsi to
    /ram/bin/Fsys.aha8scsi
  7. “OK”

hope that helps!
delia

Denis Rivard wrote:

Hi,
I have an old CD Installation that include an alpha version of
Fsys.aha8scsi, the problem is that I have a new harddisk controller (Adaptec
29160N) and it is support only with the release version of Fsys.aha8scsi in
a patch somewhere. I have put the new version of Fsys.aha8scsi on a floppy
(one floppy in qnx format and one in dos format), when I run the
installation CD it does not autodetect the harddisk, so I select the option
to add drivers from floppy but it’s not working.

I know that there’s a way to add it but I didn’t know how, if I start a
console before autodetect, and I run these “Fsys &” and “Fsys.aha8scsi” from
a floppy, it’s working and I saw a /dev/hd0

Thanks

Denis

3

Hi Delia,

I’ve done these steps, and when I’m at the step
4. Click “F5 from Floppy”
it’s doing nothing, so my guess is that I need a special
Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk and not one like I made from
mount /dev/fd0 /fd0
fdformat /dev/fd0
dinit /dev/fd0
cp /cd0/patch/Fsys.aha8scsi /fd0

Could you tell me from where you got your Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk ?
Or could you send it to me ? by “cp /dev/fd0 /aha8fdisk” and gzip it
so I can re-create it here.

Thanks,
Denis

“Delia Leal” <Delia.Leal@sri.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
3DC16ADF.37F80561@sri.com…

Hi Denis,

I had the same issue. Make sure you have the correct Fsys.aha8scsi
dated Feb 06, 2001 cksum 178730. The way I get it to work is by :

Once the automatic hardware selection is finished, do the following:

  1. Insert the Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk into the floppy drive
  2. Click ‘ADD’
  3. Choose ‘Disk Driver on Floppy’ from the ‘Hardware Driver’ pull down
    menu
  4. Click “F5 from Floppy”
  5. Click on Fsys.aha8scsi from floppy window and enter “OK”
  6. On the command window, change /bin/Fsys.aha8scsi to
    /ram/bin/Fsys.aha8scsi
  7. “OK”

hope that helps!
delia

Denis Rivard wrote:

Hi,
I have an old CD Installation that include an alpha version of
Fsys.aha8scsi, the problem is that I have a new harddisk controller
(Adaptec
29160N) and it is support only with the release version of Fsys.aha8scsi
in
a patch somewhere. I have put the new version of Fsys.aha8scsi on a
floppy
(one floppy in qnx format and one in dos format), when I run the
installation CD it does not autodetect the harddisk, so I select the
option
to add drivers from floppy but it’s not working.

I know that there’s a way to add it but I didn’t know how, if I start a
console before autodetect, and I run these “Fsys &” and “Fsys.aha8scsi”
from
a floppy, it’s working and I saw a /dev/hd0

Thanks

Denis

4

An important caviot that I have found is that when you start switching
versions of Fsys.eide, if the hard disk was partitioned with an older
Fsys.eide using a different (wrong) drive geometry, you’ll never get things
to line up correctly with the new Fsys.eide. Often I have found that
zeroing the partition table and writing out new partitions and dinit’ing
them, fixes these kinds of problems.

CAUTION: This will destroy any data that may already exist on the drive.

“Delia Leal” <Delia.Leal@sri.com> wrote in message
news:3DC16ADF.37F80561@sri.com…

Hi Denis,

I had the same issue. Make sure you have the correct Fsys.aha8scsi
dated Feb 06, 2001 cksum 178730. The way I get it to work is by :

Once the automatic hardware selection is finished, do the following:

  1. Insert the Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk into the floppy drive
  2. Click ‘ADD’
  3. Choose ‘Disk Driver on Floppy’ from the ‘Hardware Driver’ pull down
    menu
  4. Click “F5 from Floppy”
  5. Click on Fsys.aha8scsi from floppy window and enter “OK”
  6. On the command window, change /bin/Fsys.aha8scsi to
    /ram/bin/Fsys.aha8scsi
  7. “OK”

hope that helps!
delia

Denis Rivard wrote:

Hi,
I have an old CD Installation that include an alpha version of
Fsys.aha8scsi, the problem is that I have a new harddisk controller
(Adaptec
29160N) and it is support only with the release version of Fsys.aha8scsi
in
a patch somewhere. I have put the new version of Fsys.aha8scsi on a
floppy
(one floppy in qnx format and one in dos format), when I run the
installation CD it does not autodetect the harddisk, so I select the
option
to add drivers from floppy but it’s not working.

I know that there’s a way to add it but I didn’t know how, if I start a
console before autodetect, and I run these “Fsys &” and “Fsys.aha8scsi”
from
a floppy, it’s working and I saw a /dev/hd0

Thanks

Denis

5

I’ve attached the current Fsys.aha8scsi file. The cksum is actually
3227097012.
Use dinit -h /dev/fd0 and then copy file to floppy. Test the floppy
first and make sure you can view the Fsys.aha8scsi file.

good luck,
delia

Denis Rivard wrote:

Hi Delia,

I’ve done these steps, and when I’m at the step
4. Click “F5 from Floppy”
it’s doing nothing, so my guess is that I need a special
Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk and not one like I made from
mount /dev/fd0 /fd0
fdformat /dev/fd0
dinit /dev/fd0
cp /cd0/patch/Fsys.aha8scsi /fd0

Could you tell me from where you got your Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk ?
Or could you send it to me ? by “cp /dev/fd0 /aha8fdisk” and gzip it
so I can re-create it here.

Thanks,
Denis

“Delia Leal” <> Delia.Leal@sri.com> > a écrit dans le message de news:
3DC16ADF.37F80561@sri.com> …
Hi Denis,

I had the same issue. Make sure you have the correct Fsys.aha8scsi
dated Feb 06, 2001 cksum 178730. The way I get it to work is by :

Once the automatic hardware selection is finished, do the following:

  1. Insert the Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk into the floppy drive
  2. Click ‘ADD’
  3. Choose ‘Disk Driver on Floppy’ from the ‘Hardware Driver’ pull down
    menu
  4. Click “F5 from Floppy”
  5. Click on Fsys.aha8scsi from floppy window and enter “OK”
  6. On the command window, change /bin/Fsys.aha8scsi to
    /ram/bin/Fsys.aha8scsi
  7. “OK”

hope that helps!
delia

Denis Rivard wrote:

Hi,
I have an old CD Installation that include an alpha version of
Fsys.aha8scsi, the problem is that I have a new harddisk controller
(Adaptec
29160N) and it is support only with the release version of Fsys.aha8scsi
in
a patch somewhere. I have put the new version of Fsys.aha8scsi on a
floppy
(one floppy in qnx format and one in dos format), when I run the
installation CD it does not autodetect the harddisk, so I select the
option
to add drivers from floppy but it’s not working.

I know that there’s a way to add it but I didn’t know how, if I start a
console before autodetect, and I run these “Fsys &” and “Fsys.aha8scsi”
from
a floppy, it’s working and I saw a /dev/hd0

Thanks

Denis

6

Oops! Your using a SCSI drive. I didn’t catch that.

But I have also seen this kind of thing happen on SCSI drives that were
partitioned with the wrong geometry. (The old translation thing for drives
over 1GB on the old Adaptec controllers.)

“Bill Caroselli (Q-TPS)” <QTPS@EarthLink.net> wrote in message
news:aprtg7$rv1$1@inn.qnx.com…

An important caviot that I have found is that when you start switching
versions of Fsys.eide, if the hard disk was partitioned with an older
Fsys.eide using a different (wrong) drive geometry, you’ll never get
things
to line up correctly with the new Fsys.eide. Often I have found that
zeroing the partition table and writing out new partitions and dinit’ing
them, fixes these kinds of problems.

CAUTION: This will destroy any data that may already exist on the drive.

“Delia Leal” <> Delia.Leal@sri.com> > wrote in message
news:> 3DC16ADF.37F80561@sri.com> …
Hi Denis,

I had the same issue. Make sure you have the correct Fsys.aha8scsi
dated Feb 06, 2001 cksum 178730. The way I get it to work is by :

Once the automatic hardware selection is finished, do the following:

  1. Insert the Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk into the floppy drive
  2. Click ‘ADD’
  3. Choose ‘Disk Driver on Floppy’ from the ‘Hardware Driver’ pull down
    menu
  4. Click “F5 from Floppy”
  5. Click on Fsys.aha8scsi from floppy window and enter “OK”
  6. On the command window, change /bin/Fsys.aha8scsi to
    /ram/bin/Fsys.aha8scsi
  7. “OK”

hope that helps!
delia

Denis Rivard wrote:

Hi,
I have an old CD Installation that include an alpha version of
Fsys.aha8scsi, the problem is that I have a new harddisk controller
(Adaptec
29160N) and it is support only with the release version of
Fsys.aha8scsi
in
a patch somewhere. I have put the new version of Fsys.aha8scsi on a
floppy
(one floppy in qnx format and one in dos format), when I run the
installation CD it does not autodetect the harddisk, so I select the
option
to add drivers from floppy but it’s not working.

I know that there’s a way to add it but I didn’t know how, if I start
a
console before autodetect, and I run these “Fsys &” and
“Fsys.aha8scsi”
from
a floppy, it’s working and I saw a /dev/hd0

Thanks

Denis

7

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“Bill Caroselli (Q-TPS)” <QTPS@EarthLink.net> a écrit dans le message de
news: aprtg7$rv1$1@inn.qnx.com…

An important caviot that I have found is that when you start switching
versions of Fsys.eide, if the hard disk was partitioned with an older
Fsys.eide using a different (wrong) drive geometry, you’ll never get
things
to line up correctly with the new Fsys.eide. Often I have found that
zeroing the partition table and writing out new partitions and dinit’ing
them, fixes these kinds of problems.

CAUTION: This will destroy any data that may already exist on the drive.

“Delia Leal” <> Delia.Leal@sri.com> > wrote in message
news:> 3DC16ADF.37F80561@sri.com> …
Hi Denis,

I had the same issue. Make sure you have the correct Fsys.aha8scsi
dated Feb 06, 2001 cksum 178730. The way I get it to work is by :

Once the automatic hardware selection is finished, do the following:

  1. Insert the Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk into the floppy drive
  2. Click ‘ADD’
  3. Choose ‘Disk Driver on Floppy’ from the ‘Hardware Driver’ pull down
    menu
  4. Click “F5 from Floppy”
  5. Click on Fsys.aha8scsi from floppy window and enter “OK”
  6. On the command window, change /bin/Fsys.aha8scsi to
    /ram/bin/Fsys.aha8scsi
  7. “OK”

hope that helps!
delia

Denis Rivard wrote:

Hi,
I have an old CD Installation that include an alpha version of
Fsys.aha8scsi, the problem is that I have a new harddisk controller
(Adaptec
29160N) and it is support only with the release version of
Fsys.aha8scsi
in
a patch somewhere. I have put the new version of Fsys.aha8scsi on a
floppy
(one floppy in qnx format and one in dos format), when I run the
installation CD it does not autodetect the harddisk, so I select the
option
to add drivers from floppy but it’s not working.

I know that there’s a way to add it but I didn’t know how, if I start
a
console before autodetect, and I run these “Fsys &” and
“Fsys.aha8scsi”
from
a floppy, it’s working and I saw a /dev/hd0

Thanks

Denis

8

I have to see the /dev/hd0 to do fdisk on it, so I think that you miss my
point.
Thanks anyway

“Bill Caroselli (Q-TPS)” <QTPS@EarthLink.net> a écrit dans le message de
news: aprtli$rvi$1@inn.qnx.com…

Oops! Your using a SCSI drive. I didn’t catch that.

But I have also seen this kind of thing happen on SCSI drives that were
partitioned with the wrong geometry. (The old translation thing for
drives
over 1GB on the old Adaptec controllers.)

“Bill Caroselli (Q-TPS)” <> QTPS@EarthLink.net> > wrote in message
news:aprtg7$rv1$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
An important caviot that I have found is that when you start switching
versions of Fsys.eide, if the hard disk was partitioned with an older
Fsys.eide using a different (wrong) drive geometry, you’ll never get
things
to line up correctly with the new Fsys.eide. Often I have found that
zeroing the partition table and writing out new partitions and dinit’ing
them, fixes these kinds of problems.

CAUTION: This will destroy any data that may already exist on the
drive.

“Delia Leal” <> Delia.Leal@sri.com> > wrote in message
news:> 3DC16ADF.37F80561@sri.com> …
Hi Denis,

I had the same issue. Make sure you have the correct Fsys.aha8scsi
dated Feb 06, 2001 cksum 178730. The way I get it to work is by :

Once the automatic hardware selection is finished, do the following:

  1. Insert the Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk into the floppy drive
  2. Click ‘ADD’
  3. Choose ‘Disk Driver on Floppy’ from the ‘Hardware Driver’ pull down
    menu
  4. Click “F5 from Floppy”
  5. Click on Fsys.aha8scsi from floppy window and enter “OK”
  6. On the command window, change /bin/Fsys.aha8scsi to
    /ram/bin/Fsys.aha8scsi
  7. “OK”

hope that helps!
delia

Denis Rivard wrote:

Hi,
I have an old CD Installation that include an alpha version of
Fsys.aha8scsi, the problem is that I have a new harddisk controller
(Adaptec
29160N) and it is support only with the release version of
Fsys.aha8scsi
in
a patch somewhere. I have put the new version of Fsys.aha8scsi on a
floppy
(one floppy in qnx format and one in dos format), when I run the
installation CD it does not autodetect the harddisk, so I select the
option
to add drivers from floppy but it’s not working.

I know that there’s a way to add it but I didn’t know how, if I
start
a
console before autodetect, and I run these “Fsys &” and
“Fsys.aha8scsi”
from
a floppy, it’s working and I saw a /dev/hd0

Thanks

Denis
\

9

Luck… Well, when the autodetect runs, there is no way to
see what’s on the floppy after that(always corrupted file system…).
So before the autodetect I mount the floppy, copy the Fsys.aha8scsi
to /ram/bin/ (thanks for this information), slay the floppy and start
the autodetect. After autodetect “ADD”, “Disk Driver from Floppy”
but didn’t click “F5 from Floppy” and change command to “/ram/bin/
Fsys.aha8scsi”

So now it’s working, big thanks for your support (very usefull)

Denis

“Delia Leal” <Delia.Leal@sri.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
3DC17C66.B56B9726@sri.com…

I’ve attached the current Fsys.aha8scsi file. The cksum is actually
3227097012.
Use dinit -h /dev/fd0 and then copy file to floppy. Test the floppy
first and make sure you can view the Fsys.aha8scsi file.

good luck,
delia

Denis Rivard wrote:

Hi Delia,

I’ve done these steps, and when I’m at the step
4. Click “F5 from Floppy”
it’s doing nothing, so my guess is that I need a special
Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk and not one like I made from
mount /dev/fd0 /fd0
fdformat /dev/fd0
dinit /dev/fd0
cp /cd0/patch/Fsys.aha8scsi /fd0

Could you tell me from where you got your Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk ?
Or could you send it to me ? by “cp /dev/fd0 /aha8fdisk” and gzip
it
so I can re-create it here.

Thanks,
Denis

“Delia Leal” <> Delia.Leal@sri.com> > a écrit dans le message de news:
3DC16ADF.37F80561@sri.com> …
Hi Denis,

I had the same issue. Make sure you have the correct Fsys.aha8scsi
dated Feb 06, 2001 cksum 178730. The way I get it to work is by :

Once the automatic hardware selection is finished, do the following:

  1. Insert the Fsys.aha8scsi driver disk into the floppy drive
  2. Click ‘ADD’
  3. Choose ‘Disk Driver on Floppy’ from the ‘Hardware Driver’ pull down
    menu
  4. Click “F5 from Floppy”
  5. Click on Fsys.aha8scsi from floppy window and enter “OK”
  6. On the command window, change /bin/Fsys.aha8scsi to
    /ram/bin/Fsys.aha8scsi
  7. “OK”

hope that helps!
delia

Denis Rivard wrote:

Hi,
I have an old CD Installation that include an alpha version of
Fsys.aha8scsi, the problem is that I have a new harddisk controller
(Adaptec
29160N) and it is support only with the release version of
Fsys.aha8scsi
in
a patch somewhere. I have put the new version of Fsys.aha8scsi on a
floppy
(one floppy in qnx format and one in dos format), when I run the
installation CD it does not autodetect the harddisk, so I select the
option
to add drivers from floppy but it’s not working.

I know that there’s a way to add it but I didn’t know how, if I
start a
console before autodetect, and I run these “Fsys &” and
“Fsys.aha8scsi”
from
a floppy, it’s working and I saw a /dev/hd0

Thanks

Denis