Because my qnx paretition was above the 1024 cylindar mark, I opted to
install the qnx boot loader. I can boot into qnx OK, but any attempt to get
to Linux yeilds “Missing Operating System”
Linux is on /dev/hda1
Qnx is on /dev/hda2
Oddly, qnx says that it is booting the THIRD partition when it starts up?
Have you tried booting the fourth partition to get Linux
going?
Erik Myllymaki wrote:
Because my qnx paretition was above the 1024 cylindar mark, I opted to
install the qnx boot loader. I can boot into qnx OK, but any attempt to get
to Linux yeilds “Missing Operating System”Linux is on /dev/hda1
Qnx is on /dev/hda2Oddly, qnx says that it is booting the THIRD partition when it starts up?
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Software Engineer tel: (403) 250-3533 x237
fax: (403) 263-2170
That didn’t work either. Might need to uninstall the QNX boot loader, as I
need my Linux system back tonight. Any advice on how to do this (or, better
yet, get the QNX boot loader to startup Linux)?
Thanks,
Have you tried booting the fourth partition to get Linux
going?Erik Myllymaki wrote:
Because my qnx paretition was above the 1024 cylindar mark, I opted to
install the qnx boot loader. I can boot into qnx OK, but any attempt to get
to Linux yeilds “Missing Operating System”Linux is on /dev/hda1
Qnx is on /dev/hda2Oddly, qnx says that it is booting the THIRD partition when it starts up?
–
Angus Ainslie Deltatee Enterprises
Software Engineer tel: (403) 250-3533 x237
fax: (403) 263-2170
Erik Myllymaki <erik@pacific-shores.com> wrote:
That didn’t work either. Might need to uninstall the QNX boot loader, as I
need my Linux system back tonight. Any advice on how to do this (or, better
yet, get the QNX boot loader to startup Linux)?
I think you may have to – lilo can generally boot QNX. But, I think
lilo does some extra stuff, and what it boots doesn’t look like a
partition loader to the QNX loader, so you can’t use QNX to boot
Linux. Though, I’m not sure on this one.
-David
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QNX Training Services
dagibbs@qnx.com
“David Gibbs” <dagibbs@qnx.com> wrote in message
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Erik Myllymaki <> erik@pacific-shores.com> > wrote:
That didn’t work either. Might need to uninstall the QNX boot loader, as
I
need my Linux system back tonight. Any advice on how to do this (or,
better
yet, get the QNX boot loader to startup Linux)?I think you may have to – lilo can generally boot QNX. But, I think
lilo does some extra stuff, and what it boots doesn’t look like a
partition loader to the QNX loader, so you can’t use QNX to boot
Linux. Though, I’m not sure on this one.
That’s confusing. I’ve been using the QNX4 boot loader to boot Linux
for years. Has something changed with QNX6? Yes, LILO can boot
QNX from any partition on any drive. QNX4’s boot loader has always
been able to boot Linux.
Suggestion: On your Linux partition, install LILO into the partition boot
sector (not the MBR). When you choose the Linux partition with the
QNX boot loader, it will invoke LILO. At this point, you can boot
through to Linux. You can set the prompt and timeout in LILO so
that it never even slows down on its way through LILO.
Andrew
“Angus Ainslie” <angusa@deltatee.com> wrote in message
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Erik Myllymaki wrote:
Because my qnx paretition was above the 1024 cylindar mark, I opted to
install the qnx boot loader. I can boot into qnx OK, but any attempt to
get
to Linux yeilds “Missing Operating System”Linux is on /dev/hda1
Qnx is on /dev/hda2Oddly, qnx says that it is booting the THIRD partition when it starts
up?
QNX’s boot loader inverts the order of the partitions relative to Windows
and Linux. So the partitions are numbered 4,3,2,1. /dev/hda1 is QNX’s
partition 4, etc.
Andrew
Andrew Thomas <andrew.nospam@cogent.ca> wrote:
“David Gibbs” <> dagibbs@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:97k2gd$cpa$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Erik Myllymaki <> erik@pacific-shores.com> > wrote:
That didn’t work either. Might need to uninstall the QNX boot loader, as
I
need my Linux system back tonight. Any advice on how to do this (or,
better
yet, get the QNX boot loader to startup Linux)?I think you may have to – lilo can generally boot QNX. But, I think
lilo does some extra stuff, and what it boots doesn’t look like a
partition loader to the QNX loader, so you can’t use QNX to boot
Linux. Though, I’m not sure on this one.That’s confusing. I’ve been using the QNX4 boot loader to boot Linux
for years. Has something changed with QNX6? Yes, LILO can boot
QNX from any partition on any drive. QNX4’s boot loader has always
been able to boot Linux.
Sorry for the confusion – I was confused. I had tried to do this
on a laptop a few years back, and had experienced similar problems.
Suggestion: On your Linux partition, install LILO into the partition boot
sector (not the MBR). When you choose the Linux partition with the
QNX boot loader, it will invoke LILO. At this point, you can boot
through to Linux. You can set the prompt and timeout in LILO so
that it never even slows down on its way through LILO.
I didn’t try that, it sounds like it would probably do the trick.
QNX Training Services
dagibbs@qnx.com