Anyone know if its possible to create a Boot CD to boot QNX from CD? Are
there any requirements for this such as a writeable filesystem somewhere,
etc…
Yes, I did it. No specific requirements, it is basically same thing as
write-protected floppy, just bigger.
- Create a ‘staging’ directory on HD with layout you want. I usually have
‘bin’, ‘lib’, ‘usr’ and ‘etc’ there. - Populate those as you need. You probably need /usr/lib/teminfo/… stuff
to use terminal apps. - Create boot image, with driver capable of handling your CD (eide or
scsi). In the boot script start the driver to mount your CD as “/”
filesystem. Create a link from /dev/shmem to /tmp, or use devf-ram to create
virtual /tmp if you will need a writable filesystem (QNX itself does not
need it). - Use mkisofs to create bootable CD image.
- Use anything (Adaptec Easy CD Creator will work) to burn it.
- igor
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Anyone know if its possible to create a Boot CD to boot QNX from CD? Are
there any requirements for this such as a writeable filesystem somewhere,
etc…