How do I install QNX on Ext2FS under Linux?

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Hello world,

Could someone tell me how to install QNX on Ext2FS under Linux, or urls to
the instruction/howto document?
Installation documents for alien fs/os which I found are all for win32, and
I couldn’t find them for Linux.

Tnx,

–
Kunihiro Fujimoto
Global Service Consultant, IONA Technologies Japan, Ltd.
mailto:kunihiro.fujimoto@iona.com http://www.iona.co.jp/
phone:+81-3-3560-5396 (direct) fax:+81-3-3560-5612
Akasaka Sanchome Bldg. 7F, 3-21-16 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Japan

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Hi Kunihiro,
It was rumoured that someone from QSSL is working at this problem. I guess the problem is not
solved yet.
Best Regards,
Eduard.

Kunihiro Fujimoto <kunihiro.fujimoto@iona.com> wrote in article <9oueic$rvf$1@inn.qnx.com>…

Hello world,

Could someone tell me how to install QNX on Ext2FS under Linux, or urls to
the instruction/howto document?
Installation documents for alien fs/os which I found are all for win32, and
I couldn’t find them for Linux.

Tnx,

–
Kunihiro Fujimoto
Global Service Consultant, IONA Technologies Japan, Ltd.
mailto:> kunihiro.fujimoto@iona.com > > http://www.iona.co.jp/
phone:+81-3-3560-5396 (direct) fax:+81-3-3560-5612
Akasaka Sanchome Bldg. 7F, 3-21-16 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Japan
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Last I asked the same question, Chris (cdm@qnx.com) said his face
turned red :slight_smile: So I decided not to ask it again until he says anything.
Unfortunately, you don’t know the history :slight_smile: It might be better
to search/browse the newsgroup archive before posting:
http://qnx.iaware.org

Frank

On 27 Sep 2001, ed1k wrote:

Hi Kunihiro,
It was rumoured that someone from QSSL is working at this problem. I guess the problem is not
solved yet.
Best Regards,
Eduard.

Kunihiro Fujimoto <> kunihiro.fujimoto@iona.com> > wrote in article <9oueic$rvf$> 1@inn.qnx.com> >…
Hello world,

Could someone tell me how to install QNX on Ext2FS under Linux, or urls to
the instruction/howto document?
Installation documents for alien fs/os which I found are all for win32, and
I couldn’t find them for Linux.

Tnx,

–
Kunihiro Fujimoto
Global Service Consultant, IONA Technologies Japan, Ltd.
mailto:> kunihiro.fujimoto@iona.com > > http://www.iona.co.jp/
phone:+81-3-3560-5396 (direct) fax:+81-3-3560-5612
Akasaka Sanchome Bldg. 7F, 3-21-16 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Japan

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Could someone tell me how to install QNX on Ext2FS under Linux, or urls to

I’ve never tried it, but have you looked at “diskboot” helpfile?

It says something *.qfs under /qnx/boot/fs/

The standard installer doesn’t support it, so you may have to fiddle
around just like installing into qnx4fs in Extended Partition.

kabe

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Could someone tell me how to install QNX on Ext2FS under Linux, or urls to

I’ve just tried it out. It seems to work;
but it seems you still need a small native qnx4 filesystem somewhere.

  1. Prepare ext2fs under Linux.
  2. Copy qnxbase.qfs to extfs /qnx/boot/fs/
  3. Boot off from RTP CDROM
  4. Prepare /fs/hd0-ext2/qnx/boot/fs/root.qfs or whatever by dinit -R
  5. Prepare a custom *.ifs with “-e” option added to diskboot
    (see /boot/build/qnxbasedma.build comment)
  6. Install the *.ifs
    This is the hard part; you’ll need a small QNX4 filesystem somewhere,
    or revert to DOS boot using config.sys.
    Can’t get away with ext2fs-only configuration.
    For testing, installing the *.ifs in qnx4 formatted floppy will work.
  7. Boot off with the *.ifs. You may be asked for root and pkg filesystem
    to use; select the ext2 one.

There’s a file /boot/sys/ipl-lilo which seems relevant but
couldn’t figure out how to use it.

kabe