Boot from Ntloader

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Hi!
I had Win98 and WinNT and Red Hat Linux on my computer. I use NTLoader to
boot all of the Operating Systems. But now I have just installed QNX RTOS
6.1. I’d like to boot all of the OSs from NTLoader but I don’t know how to
do it. Could anybody help me with some good advice or information where I
can find the solution???
Don’t be angry. I’m new in this game:)))

Thank’s a lot - Your Best Kanciarz

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Hi Kanciarz,

I suppose QNX partition is on primary master disk.

  1. Write image of boot sector of QNX partition (under QNX):

dd if=/dev/hd0t79 of=qnxrtp.bs count=1 bs=512

  1. Save “qnxrtp.bs” file at your NT boot (“system” as M$ says) partition (where is ntldr), if it’s
    NTFS save the file on floppy and you’ll have to copy on C: later.

  2. Add in boot.ini
    C:\qnxrtp.bs=“QNX Realtime Platform”

If you did not choose “own loader” during QNX installation (you have QNX loader’s prompt “Boot
partition:1”), you can remove QNX loader from mbr now (do not forget to mark NT boot partition as
active, standard mbr’s loader looks for active mark :wink:).

If you have QNX on any other disk (not primary master), take a look at
URL=http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm
It’s great tools to boot OS from any IDE disk (by ntldr).

Bests,
Eduard.


Kanciarz <kanciarz@poczta.onet.pl> wrote in article <9uehq1$514$1@inn.qnx.com>…

Hi!
I had Win98 and WinNT and Red Hat Linux on my computer. I use NTLoader to
boot all of the Operating Systems. But now I have just installed QNX RTOS
6.1. I’d like to boot all of the OSs from NTLoader but I don’t know how to
do it. Could anybody help me with some good advice or information where I
can find the solution???
Don’t be angry. I’m new in this game:)))

Thank’s a lot - Your Best Kanciarz

3

Hi again!!!

Thanks for all help Eduard!
Actually I have QNX on primary partition on the primary slave HDD so # dd
… command that made the boot file didn’t work well (QNX hung up during
the start up).
BUT bootpart.exe from http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm has made the boot
file very well and everything works as well as I wanted.
Thanks again - Your Best Kanciarz.


“ed1k” <ed1k@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:01c17bd8$bd3f9e20$106fa8c0@ED1K…

Hi Kanciarz,

I suppose QNX partition is on primary master disk.

  1. Write image of boot sector of QNX partition (under QNX):

dd if=/dev/hd0t79 of=qnxrtp.bs count=1 bs=512

  1. Save “qnxrtp.bs” file at your NT boot (“system” as M$ says) partition
    (where is ntldr), if it’s
    NTFS save the file on floppy and you’ll have to copy on C: later.

  2. Add in boot.ini
    C:\qnxrtp.bs=“QNX Realtime Platform”

If you did not choose “own loader” during QNX installation (you have QNX
loader’s prompt “Boot
partition:1”), you can remove QNX loader from mbr now (do not forget to
mark NT boot partition as
active, standard mbr’s loader looks for active mark > :wink:> ).

If you have QNX on any other disk (not primary master), take a look at
URL=> http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm
It’s great tools to boot OS from any IDE disk (by ntldr).

Bests,
Eduard.


Kanciarz <> kanciarz@poczta.onet.pl> > wrote in article
9uehq1$514$> 1@inn.qnx.com> >…
Hi!
I had Win98 and WinNT and Red Hat Linux on my computer. I use NTLoader
to
boot all of the Operating Systems. But now I have just installed QNX
RTOS
6.1. I’d like to boot all of the OSs from NTLoader but I don’t know how
to
do it. Could anybody help me with some good advice or information where
I
can find the solution???
Don’t be angry. I’m new in this game:)))

Thank’s a lot - Your Best Kanciarz

4

Hi, Kanciarz,

Kanciarz <kanciarz@poczta.onet.pl> wrote in article <9ujksc$k7b$1@inn.qnx.com>…

Hi again!!!

Thanks for all help Eduard!
Actually I have QNX on primary partition on the primary slave HDD so # dd
… command that made the boot file didn’t work well (QNX hung up during
the start up).

AFAIK the ntldr cannot to boot system placed on primary slave HDD, it can only work with primary
master HD. I mean common way supposed by M$ that’s the “boot file” is the bootsector of alt OS.
Sorry, if I did not make it clear in my previous post. Let me know if you are interested of
details, I’ll send you additional information by e-mail.

BUT bootpart.exe from > http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm > has made the boot
file very well and everything works as well as I wanted.

This tool creats the “boot file” which is “a small program that loads and executes the specified
partition’s boot sector.”

I’m glad to help you :wink:
Best regards,
Eduard.