Partitioning for QNX: help needed

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I am trying to install QNX on my machine, on a dedicated partition.

I have many partitions on my single harddrive.

Part1: is primary partition and hosts windows 98.
Part2: Is extended partition. It is devided into many logical partitions. I
created one for QNX.
[ part 2a: Linux
part 2b: QNX → Just created specifically for QNX].
all the partitions lie within 1024 cylinder limit.
I use LILO to boot into Win98 and Linux.

Presently I have QNXRTP installed on Windows 98 partition. Therefore, when I
boot into Win98 using LILO, I get another menu to boot either into 98 or
QNX. I am trying to change the boot structure to be able to use only one
menu, i.e to be able to boot into 98, Linux, QNX from LILO. I would like to
know if anyone has done it. (I suppose so).

I set out to install another QNX on the newly created partition Part 2a (
rather /dev/hda6 on Linux terminology).
I booted the maching with QNX cd, and navigated upto the point where it
asked me where I wanted to install. One surprising thing I found was, it
gave me only two choices, Part 1-> primary partition, and Part 2-> Extended
partition. It also warned me that I would loose all the data if I chose a
partition. At that point, I was expecting it to provide me a map of hard
disk partitions and ask where to install, much like Linux. I decided to stop
at that point as I was not sure if QNX would give me more choices later on.
Has anyone installed QNXRTP on a dedicated partition and has been able to
boot using a single boot loader, either LILO or NT bootloader?

Thanks in advance for any help…
Ravi Joshi.

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Hi Ravi,

The main problem is you cannot install QNX into extended partition by installer. So, you need (1)
reorder partitions or (2) install QNX manually. Read qdn.public.qnxrtp.newuser thread “Can’t
install QNX RTP”. Yes, you are right, many of us use single boot loader (lilo or ntldr) :wink:

Good luck!
Eduard.

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Thanks eduard,
But my problem still remains unsolved…
Ravi

“ed1k” <ed1k@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:01c16dc5$144c1580$106fa8c0@ED1K…

Hi Ravi,

The main problem is you cannot install QNX into extended partition by
installer. So, you need (1)
reorder partitions or (2) install QNX manually. Read
qdn.public.qnxrtp.newuser thread “Can’t
install QNX RTP”. Yes, you are right, many of us use single boot loader
(lilo or ntldr) > :wink:

Good luck!
Eduard.

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Ravi,
You have QNX RTP installed. That’s you have all required tools to prepare your 2b partition (read
help on dinit and friends) and to install all QNX stuff to QNX partition. Read help on LILO to add
your new installed system to boot menu.
It’s not standard (supported by QSSL) way. So, you may want to creat primary partition instead
/dev/hda6. Take a look at Partition magic program. Then you’ll able to install QNX RTP from CD by
installer. Anyway, if you wish to use LILO, you’ll have to refuse QNX boot loader during
installation and add QNX to boot menu manually (or anyhow I don’t know I’m not familiar with lilo).
Eduard.


Ravi Joshi <concoran@hotmail.com> wrote in article <9t1ns4$ks9$1@inn.qnx.com>…

Thanks eduard,
But my problem still remains unsolved…
Ravi