Installation to IDE-disk from SCSI-CDROM?

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1

I read this at get.qnx.com

|Note: This version of the QNX realtime platform cannot
|be installed on a SCSI hard drive or on an NTFS
|filesystem (Windows NT/2000). A new version that
|allows installation on SCSI-based systems will be
|available soon.

and wondered why the installation failed for me. I’m using a SCSI-CDROM
(host adapter based on an NCR-53c875) and am installing to an IDE-disk.
According to all documentation I found this should work, right? When I
try to install, all I get is an error that my CD-ROM driver could not be
loaded.

Is there something to know about SCSI-installations in general or do I
have to wait for the next patch?

Thanks,
Helge.

2

At present we do not support booting from scsi drives.


Previously, Helge Philipp wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.installation:

  • I read this at get.qnx.com
  • |Note: This version of the QNX realtime platform cannot
  • |be installed on a SCSI hard drive or on an NTFS
  • |filesystem (Windows NT/2000). A new version that
  • |allows installation on SCSI-based systems will be
  • |available soon.
  • and wondered why the installation failed for me. I’m using a SCSI-CDROM
  • (host adapter based on an NCR-53c875) and am installing to an IDE-disk.
  • According to all documentation I found this should work, right? When I
  • try to install, all I get is an error that my CD-ROM driver could not be
  • loaded.
  • Is there something to know about SCSI-installations in general or do I
  • have to wait for the next patch?
  • Thanks,
  • Helge.

–
Chaz,

Charles Lawrence

QNX Software Systems
Kanata Ontario

3

Charles Lawrence wrote:

At present we do not support booting from scsi drives.

Oh, okay. Perhaps then the text on get.qnx.com should be reworded to be
a bit clearer for people like me.

Helge.

4

If you combine the information together, you will get the whole picture:
SCSI is NOT supported at all, (booting, installing, CD, HD, etc.)
Believe it or not, this is the current status.

Frank

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Charles Lawrence wrote:

At present we do not support booting from scsi drives.


Previously, Helge Philipp wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.installation:

  • I read this at get.qnx.com
  • |Note: This version of the QNX realtime platform cannot
  • |be installed on a SCSI hard drive or on an NTFS
  • |filesystem (Windows NT/2000). A new version that
  • |allows installation on SCSI-based systems will be
  • |available soon.
  • and wondered why the installation failed for me. I’m using a SCSI-CDROM
  • (host adapter based on an NCR-53c875) and am installing to an IDE-disk.
  • According to all documentation I found this should work, right? When I
  • try to install, all I get is an error that my CD-ROM driver could not be
  • loaded.
  • Is there something to know about SCSI-installations in general or do I
  • have to wait for the next patch?
  • Thanks,
  • Helge.

–
Chaz,

Charles Lawrence

QNX Software Systems
Kanata Ontario

5

More exactly, their setup/boot procedure does no support SCSI, while all
required drivers are in place. Can’t really understand what was such a
big deal. One could come up with custom installation/setup procedure,
but there is no point to bother, their next update should fix it.

  • igor

Frank Liu wrote:

If you combine the information together, you will get the whole picture:
SCSI is NOT supported at all, (booting, installing, CD, HD, etc.)
Believe it or not, this is the current status.

Frank

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Charles Lawrence wrote:


At present we do not support booting from scsi drives.


Previously, Helge Philipp wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.installation:

  • I read this at get.qnx.com
  • |Note: This version of the QNX realtime platform cannot
  • |be installed on a SCSI hard drive or on an NTFS
  • |filesystem (Windows NT/2000). A new version that
  • |allows installation on SCSI-based systems will be
  • |available soon.
  • and wondered why the installation failed for me. I’m using a SCSI-CDROM
  • (host adapter based on an NCR-53c875) and am installing to an IDE-disk.
  • According to all documentation I found this should work, right? When I
  • try to install, all I get is an error that my CD-ROM driver could not be
  • loaded.
  • Is there something to know about SCSI-installations in general or do I
  • have to wait for the next patch?
  • Thanks,
  • Helge.

–
Chaz,

Charles Lawrence

QNX Software Systems
Kanata Ontario

6

Igor Kovalenko <Igor.Kovalenko@motorola.com> wrote:

More exactly, their setup/boot procedure does no support SCSI, while all
required drivers are in place. Can’t really understand what was such a
big deal. One could come up with custom installation/setup procedure,
but there is no point to bother, their next update should fix it.

The big deal was the size of the boot image and limitations entrenched
by x86 motherboard vendors on how big that boot image can be.