DELL notebook with QNX

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Hi,

We have just purchased a DELL LATITUDE C840 notebook computer. We have been
able to install QNX 4.25 on it with the help of QNX installation CD. After
installation, we observed that the computer does not boot to QNX. We are
able to boot this computer to QNX using QNX boot disk (created during
installation).

What may prevent our notebook from booting to QNX from the hard disk?

Thanks,
Krupa

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Try using the old boot loader. Do a ‘dinit -b -O /dev/hd0t77’.

Previously, Krupa wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:

Hi,

We have just purchased a DELL LATITUDE C840 notebook computer. We have been
able to install QNX 4.25 on it with the help of QNX installation CD. After
installation, we observed that the computer does not boot to QNX. We are
able to boot this computer to QNX using QNX boot disk (created during
installation).

What may prevent our notebook from booting to QNX from the hard disk?

Thanks,
Krupa

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Thanks, your suggestion resolved the problem. But I could not understand why
the notebook should require an old boot loader…

Cheers,
Krupa

Hugh Brown <hsbrown@qnx.com> wrote in message
news:Voyager.030421080905.24773C@node90.ott.qnx.com…

Try using the old boot loader. Do a ‘dinit -b -O /dev/hd0t77’.

Previously, Krupa wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:
Hi,

We have just purchased a DELL LATITUDE C840 notebook computer. We have
been
able to install QNX 4.25 on it with the help of QNX installation CD.
After
installation, we observed that the computer does not boot to QNX. We are
able to boot this computer to QNX using QNX boot disk (created during
installation).

What may prevent our notebook from booting to QNX from the hard disk?

Thanks,
Krupa


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Previously, Krupa wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:

Thanks, your suggestion resolved the problem. But I could not understand why
the notebook should require an old boot loader…

Its something to do with the BIOS in the latest Dell machines. Don’t ask
me what! :slight_smile:

Cheers,
Krupa

Hugh Brown <> hsbrown@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:> Voyager.030421080905.24773C@node90.ott.qnx.com> …
Try using the old boot loader. Do a ‘dinit -b -O /dev/hd0t77’.

Previously, Krupa wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:
Hi,

We have just purchased a DELL LATITUDE C840 notebook computer. We have
been
able to install QNX 4.25 on it with the help of QNX installation CD.
After
installation, we observed that the computer does not boot to QNX. We are
able to boot this computer to QNX using QNX boot disk (created during
installation).

What may prevent our notebook from booting to QNX from the hard disk?

Thanks,
Krupa





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Since we could boot to QNX, we installed Photon 1.13. We observed that
standard VGA driver only works properly with resolution set to 640x480. The
driver does not function at 800x600. Should we not expect standard VGA to
function properly upto 800x600 resolution irrespective of the graphic
chipset installed?

We would like to configure and use our laptop (nVidia GeForce) at 800x600
resolution. How to resolve the problem encountered by us? Should we install
Photon 1.14?

Thanks,
Krupa

Hugh Brown <hsbrown@qnx.com> wrote in message
news:Voyager.030424083123.14717C@node90.ott.qnx.com…

Previously, Krupa wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:
Thanks, your suggestion resolved the problem. But I could not understand
why
the notebook should require an old boot loader…


Its something to do with the BIOS in the latest Dell machines. Don’t ask
me what! > :slight_smile:

Cheers,
Krupa

Hugh Brown <> hsbrown@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:> Voyager.030421080905.24773C@node90.ott.qnx.com> …
Try using the old boot loader. Do a ‘dinit -b -O /dev/hd0t77’.

Previously, Krupa wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:
Hi,

We have just purchased a DELL LATITUDE C840 notebook computer. We
have
been
able to install QNX 4.25 on it with the help of QNX installation CD.
After
installation, we observed that the computer does not boot to QNX. We
are
able to boot this computer to QNX using QNX boot disk (created
during
installation).

What may prevent our notebook from booting to QNX from the hard
disk?

Thanks,
Krupa






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Can you post the contents of your trap file, found in /etc/config/trap ?


Krupa <seto@vsnl.com> wrote:

Since we could boot to QNX, we installed Photon 1.13. We observed that
standard VGA driver only works properly with resolution set to 640x480. The
driver does not function at 800x600. Should we not expect standard VGA to
function properly upto 800x600 resolution irrespective of the graphic
chipset installed?

We would like to configure and use our laptop (nVidia GeForce) at 800x600
resolution. How to resolve the problem encountered by us? Should we install
Photon 1.14?

Thanks,
Krupa

Hugh Brown <> hsbrown@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:> Voyager.030424083123.14717C@node90.ott.qnx.com> …
Previously, Krupa wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:
Thanks, your suggestion resolved the problem. But I could not understand
why
the notebook should require an old boot loader…


Its something to do with the BIOS in the latest Dell machines. Don’t ask
me what! > :slight_smile:

Cheers,
Krupa

Hugh Brown <> hsbrown@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:> Voyager.030421080905.24773C@node90.ott.qnx.com> …
Try using the old boot loader. Do a ‘dinit -b -O /dev/hd0t77’.

Previously, Krupa wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:
Hi,

We have just purchased a DELL LATITUDE C840 notebook computer. We
have
been
able to install QNX 4.25 on it with the help of QNX installation CD.
After
installation, we observed that the computer does not boot to QNX. We
are
able to boot this computer to QNX using QNX boot disk (created
during
installation).

What may prevent our notebook from booting to QNX from the hard
disk?

Thanks,
Krupa






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