Can't boot after install

Hi, I’m trying to boot after a successful install, but the bootloader hangs.

First harddrive on primary ide channel has two partitions, first one win98,
second one win2000. I’m using the windows 2000/NT bootloader on that drive.

The second harddrive is a 2GB drive dedicated to qnx, everything installed
fine, the installation procedure finishes and asks me to remove disks and
reboot.

When I reboot, I get the NT bootloader screen, this isn’t too surprising.

I booted into win98 dos mode and used bootpart
(http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm) to extract the boot sector from
the qnx harddrive and add it to the NT bootloader.

Rebooting and choosing the new qnx option in the NT bootloader, I see the
qnx bootloader run, but after printing about two lines of periods it ends
with a C …

Press Esc for alternate OS…[etc]…C

The hard drive light stay illuminated and nothing happens. If I reboot and
hit ESC I get essentially the same thing, except no ‘C’ on the end.

I don’t know how to proceed from here. A floppy bootdisk would be
acceptable but there only seems to be a floppy image for an install disk,
not a boot disk. Am I missing something?

Thanks for your help,

  • Robert

J Robert Ray, <jrray@jrray.org> wrote:

: Hi, I’m trying to boot after a successful install, but the bootloader hangs.

: First harddrive on primary ide channel has two partitions, first one win98,
: second one win2000. I’m using the windows 2000/NT bootloader on that drive.

: The second harddrive is a 2GB drive dedicated to qnx, everything installed
: fine, the installation procedure finishes and asks me to remove disks and
: reboot.

: When I reboot, I get the NT bootloader screen, this isn’t too surprising.

: I booted into win98 dos mode and used bootpart
: (http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm) to extract the boot sector from
: the qnx harddrive and add it to the NT bootloader.

: Rebooting and choosing the new qnx option in the NT bootloader, I see the
: qnx bootloader run, but after printing about two lines of periods it ends
: with a C …

: Press Esc for alternate OS…[etc]…C

: The hard drive light stay illuminated and nothing happens. If I reboot and
: hit ESC I get essentially the same thing, except no ‘C’ on the end.

We’ve never tried this. We’ll have to look into it and get
back to you.

: I don’t know how to proceed from here. A floppy bootdisk would be
: acceptable but there only seems to be a floppy image for an install disk,
: not a boot disk. Am I missing something?

I think the CD has an option to make a boot disk during the windows
install.

: Thanks for your help,

: - Robert

I get the same error trying to launch QNX on my second drive with the
BeOs boot manager (master drive on the second IDE channel).

Jean-Marc

J, Robert, Ray, jrray@jrray.org a écrit :

Hi, I’m trying to boot after a successful install, but the bootloader hangs.

First harddrive on primary ide channel has two partitions, first one win98,
second one win2000. I’m using the windows 2000/NT bootloader on that drive.

The second harddrive is a 2GB drive dedicated to qnx, everything installed
fine, the installation procedure finishes and asks me to remove disks and
reboot.

When I reboot, I get the NT bootloader screen, this isn’t too surprising.

I booted into win98 dos mode and used bootpart
(> http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm> ) to extract the boot sector from
the qnx harddrive and add it to the NT bootloader.

Rebooting and choosing the new qnx option in the NT bootloader, I see the
qnx bootloader run, but after printing about two lines of periods it ends
with a C …

Press Esc for alternate OS…[etc]…C

The hard drive light stay illuminated and nothing happens. If I reboot and
hit ESC I get essentially the same thing, except no ‘C’ on the end.

I don’t know how to proceed from here. A floppy bootdisk would be
acceptable but there only seems to be a floppy image for an install disk,
not a boot disk. Am I missing something?

Thanks for your help,

  • Robert

I had nearly the same problem.
I tried the following
I boot with WIN98
I start FDISK to see the Partition Table
I Find an NON DISK PARTITION (QNX)
I set THIS Partition to aktive
I reboot and QNX starts without the NT-Loader

greeting form Germany Mike

; <jrray@jrray.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:8qshv2$rju$1@inn.qnx.com

Hi, I’m trying to boot after a successful install, but the bootloader
hangs.

First harddrive on primary ide channel has two partitions, first one
win98,
second one win2000. I’m using the windows 2000/NT bootloader on that
drive.

The second harddrive is a 2GB drive dedicated to qnx, everything installed
fine, the installation procedure finishes and asks me to remove disks and
reboot.

When I reboot, I get the NT bootloader screen, this isn’t too surprising.

I booted into win98 dos mode and used bootpart
(> http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm> ) to extract the boot sector from
the qnx harddrive and add it to the NT bootloader.

Rebooting and choosing the new qnx option in the NT bootloader, I see the
qnx bootloader run, but after printing about two lines of periods it ends
with a C …

Press Esc for alternate OS…[etc]…C

The hard drive light stay illuminated and nothing happens. If I reboot
and
hit ESC I get essentially the same thing, except no ‘C’ on the end.

I don’t know how to proceed from here. A floppy bootdisk would be
acceptable but there only seems to be a floppy image for an install disk,
not a boot disk. Am I missing something?

Thanks for your help,

  • Robert

Please go to this webpage for further info.

http://qdn.qnx.com/report/problemlist.txt

anks
Charles Lawrence


Previously, J, wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.installation:

Hi, I’m trying to boot after a successful install, but the bootloader hangs.

First harddrive on primary ide channel has two partitions, first one win98,
second one win2000. I’m using the windows 2000/NT bootloader on that drive.

The second harddrive is a 2GB drive dedicated to qnx, everything installed
fine, the installation procedure finishes and asks me to remove disks and
reboot.

When I reboot, I get the NT bootloader screen, this isn’t too surprising.

I booted into win98 dos mode and used bootpart
(> http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm> ) to extract the boot sector from
the qnx harddrive and add it to the NT bootloader.

Rebooting and choosing the new qnx option in the NT bootloader, I see the
qnx bootloader run, but after printing about two lines of periods it ends
with a C …

Press Esc for alternate OS…[etc]…C

The hard drive light stay illuminated and nothing happens. If I reboot and
hit ESC I get essentially the same thing, except no ‘C’ on the end.

I don’t know how to proceed from here. A floppy bootdisk would be
acceptable but there only seems to be a floppy image for an install disk,
not a boot disk. Am I missing something?

Thanks for your help,

  • Robert