Is it possible to install QNX RTP on 486SX with 4M RAM (possibly with
customized kernel)?
Nick.
Previously, Nick wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.installation:
Is it possible to install QNX RTP on 486SX with 4M RAM (possibly with
customized kernel)?
Here is the procedure you could follow.
- Install QNX RTP on a development machine
- Create a custom .boot file
- Load onto your 486SX system
4M is lots to work with if you don’t have a GUI running.
Why I recall when 400K was lots to work with.
Mitchell Schoenbrun --------- maschoen@pobox.com
Nick wrote:
Is it possible to install QNX RTP on 486SX with 4M RAM (possibly with
customized kernel)?
Well, i installed it on one straight from the CD, but it had 6MB
of RAM (if I remember right), plus a 550MB hard disk. I had to
create my own swapfile because the installer tries to create a
128MB swapfile and I think the entire distribution expects you to
have 600MB of disk space. If I remember right I created a 64MB
or 32MB swapfile instead.
Photon wouldn’t run on mine, either because of lack of a driver
for the old on-board video or plain and simply not enough physical
RAM. I know it was the 486 system, because I later stuck that hard
drive in a Pentium system and it surprized me by booting up into
Photon (I had forgotten there was even anything on the drive).
There were some parts of the install that took a painful amount
of time to happen. I think like creating the helpfiles database
and other things with fonts.
Other than the lack of Photon, it seemed to run really slick,
but it depends on what you’d want to do with it.
Craig
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“Nick” <nikolai_r@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Is it possible to install QNX RTP on 486SX with 4M RAM (possibly with
customized kernel)?Nick.
I was maked MINIMAL system on floppy.
Here build file:
[virtual=x86,bios +compress] boot = {
startup-bios
PATH=/proc/boot procnto
}
[+script] startup-script = {
devc-con -n1 &
reopen /dev/con1
[+session] esh
}
libc.so
[data=copy]
devc-con
esh
[type=link] /usr/lib/ldqnx.so.1=/proc/boot/libc.so
That’s all. But after booting and starting loading kernel system going to
reset.
This problem has place on 486 DX-100 with RAM 4Mb too.
I don’t believe to QNX 6 can work on systems with RAM < 4Mb + (?Mb) now!
Nick!
The default place for the kernel is at 4Mb, but there is a way to change it.
It is documneted in one of the OEM build files which I have at work, so I’ll
dig it out and send it along tomorrow.
And you will need the fpu emulator, too.
“Nick” <nikolai_r@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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“Nick” <> nikolai_r@yahoo.com> > wrote in message
news:98q0ok$f9l$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Is it possible to install QNX RTP on 486SX with 4M RAM (possibly with
customized kernel)?Nick.
I was maked MINIMAL system on floppy.
Here build file:[virtual=x86,bios +compress] boot = {
startup-bios
PATH=/proc/boot procnto
}
[+script] startup-script = {
devc-con -n1 &
reopen /dev/con1
[+session] esh
}
libc.so
[data=copy]
devc-con
esh
[type=link] /usr/lib/ldqnx.so.1=/proc/boot/libc.soThat’s all. But after booting and starting loading kernel system going to
reset.
This problem has place on 486 DX-100 with RAM 4Mb too.
I don’t believe to QNX 6 can work on systems with RAM < 4Mb + (?Mb) now!Nick!
If you don’t mind, please post it here-it will come in useful
for others too, myself included.
Phil Olynyk wrote:
The default place for the kernel is at 4Mb, but there is a way to change it.
It is documneted in one of the OEM build files which I have at work, so I’ll
dig it out and send it along tomorrow.
And you will need the fpu emulator, too.“Nick” <> nikolai_r@yahoo.com> > wrote in message
news:999eqh$9j1$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …“Nick” <> nikolai_r@yahoo.com> > wrote in message
news:98q0ok$f9l$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Is it possible to install QNX RTP on 486SX with 4M RAM (possibly with
customized kernel)?Nick.
I was maked MINIMAL system on floppy.
Here build file:[virtual=x86,bios +compress] boot = {
startup-bios
PATH=/proc/boot procnto
}
[+script] startup-script = {
devc-con -n1 &
reopen /dev/con1
[+session] esh
}
libc.so
[data=copy]
devc-con
esh
[type=link] /usr/lib/ldqnx.so.1=/proc/boot/libc.soThat’s all. But after booting and starting loading kernel system going to
reset.
This problem has place on 486 DX-100 with RAM 4Mb too.
I don’t believe to QNX 6 can work on systems with RAM < 4Mb + (?Mb) now!Nick!
Ahhh, just found it. Include the line
[image=1m]
before the [virtual… line in your build file
Mind you, I haven’t tried; just happened to run across it as I was poking
around…
Phil Olynyk
“Alex” <acellarius@systems104.co.za> wrote in message
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If you don’t mind, please post it here-it will come in useful
for others too, myself included.Phil Olynyk wrote:
The default place for the kernel is at 4Mb, but there is a way to change
it.
It is documneted in one of the OEM build files which I have at work, so
I’ll
dig it out and send it along tomorrow.
And you will need the fpu emulator, too.“Nick” <> nikolai_r@yahoo.com> > wrote in message
news:999eqh$9j1$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …“Nick” <> nikolai_r@yahoo.com> > wrote in message
news:98q0ok$f9l$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Is it possible to install QNX RTP on 486SX with 4M RAM (possibly
with
customized kernel)?Nick.
I was maked MINIMAL system on floppy.
Here build file:[virtual=x86,bios +compress] boot = {
startup-bios
PATH=/proc/boot procnto
}
[+script] startup-script = {
devc-con -n1 &
reopen /dev/con1
[+session] esh
}
libc.so
[data=copy]
devc-con
esh
[type=link] /usr/lib/ldqnx.so.1=/proc/boot/libc.soThat’s all. But after booting and starting loading kernel system going
to
reset.
This problem has place on 486 DX-100 with RAM 4Mb too.
I don’t believe to QNX 6 can work on systems with RAM < 4Mb + (?Mb)
now!Nick!