booting a PCM-3350 Geode

I’m trying to get QNX 6.2PE up and running on Advantech’s PCM-3350 PC104
Module. I can get through the first part of the install fine but then the
system just hangs or reboots after …

I’ve tried the altboot as well with the same result.

The hardware is bascally out of the box. It feautres NS Geode GX1-300 MHz
processor, AWARD BIOS, on board video and ethernet, etc… I believe all
the hardware is supported.

Thanks for any help.
Cheers,
Paul Vander Byl

I have QNX 6.2 running on a Geode processor. How are you booting? Is it a
‘home-brew’ boot image tailored to the hardware or are you using the default
boot image? Is the OS on compact flash?

Jim

“Paul Vander Byl” <paul@gandacar.ca> wrote in message
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I’m trying to get QNX 6.2PE up and running on Advantech’s PCM-3350 PC104
Module. I can get through the first part of the install fine but then the
system just hangs or reboots after …

I’ve tried the altboot as well with the same result.

The hardware is bascally out of the box. It feautres NS Geode GX1-300 MHz
processor, AWARD BIOS, on board video and ethernet, etc… I believe all
the hardware is supported.

Thanks for any help.
Cheers,
Paul Vander Byl

I’m booting from default image, right after the first part of the install.

The OS is on a regular IDE.

“Jim Douglas” <jim@dramatec.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ahn330$20c$1@inn.qnx.com

I have QNX 6.2 running on a Geode processor. How are you booting? Is it a
‘home-brew’ boot image tailored to the hardware or are you using the
default
boot image? Is the OS on compact flash?

Jim

“Paul Vander Byl” <> paul@gandacar.ca> > wrote in message
news:ahn0rs$36$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I’m trying to get QNX 6.2PE up and running on Advantech’s PCM-3350 PC104
Module. I can get through the first part of the install fine but then
the
system just hangs or reboots after …

I’ve tried the altboot as well with the same result.

The hardware is bascally out of the box. It feautres NS Geode GX1-300
MHz
processor, AWARD BIOS, on board video and ethernet, etc… I believe
all
the hardware is supported.

Thanks for any help.
Cheers,
Paul Vander Byl
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“Paul Vander Byl” <paul@gandacar.ca> wrote in message
news:ahn3eq$2ap$1@inn.qnx.com

I’m booting from default image, right after the first part of the install.

The default image might be a bit too clever for an embedded system like this
as it tries to automatically determine the hardware configuration and load
the correct drivers. You might be better off building a simple boot image
that gets the HD mounted and then switch to a script to load the necessary
drivers. The system builder in the IDE takes a lot of the pain out of this
process.

I can copy an example to you if it would help.

Jim


The OS is on a regular IDE.

“Jim Douglas” <> jim@dramatec.co.uk> > wrote in message
news:ahn330$20c$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I have QNX 6.2 running on a Geode processor. How are you booting? Is it
a
‘home-brew’ boot image tailored to the hardware or are you using the
default
boot image? Is the OS on compact flash?

Jim

“Paul Vander Byl” <> paul@gandacar.ca> > wrote in message
news:ahn0rs$36$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I’m trying to get QNX 6.2PE up and running on Advantech’s PCM-3350
PC104
Module. I can get through the first part of the install fine but then
the
system just hangs or reboots after …

I’ve tried the altboot as well with the same result.

The hardware is bascally out of the box. It feautres NS Geode GX1-300
MHz
processor, AWARD BIOS, on board video and ethernet, etc… I believe
all
the hardware is supported.

Thanks for any help.
Cheers,
Paul Vander Byl


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Thanks Jim but an example of a simple boot image isn’t needed. I figure
that it’s not even getting to the point of detecting the hardware. Usually
we will see the press space to input boot options, then it enumerates and
detects the devices. In my case this never occurs. Even if the image is too
clever for a simple embedded system it shouldn’t just lock up or decide to
reset the machine. It’s almost like the boot loader dies. It decompresses
the image then nothing.


“Jim Douglas” <jim@dramatec.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ahn3s2$2d5$1@inn.qnx.com

“Paul Vander Byl” <> paul@gandacar.ca> > wrote in message
news:ahn3eq$2ap$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I’m booting from default image, right after the first part of the
install.

The default image might be a bit too clever for an embedded system like
this
as it tries to automatically determine the hardware configuration and load
the correct drivers. You might be better off building a simple boot image
that gets the HD mounted and then switch to a script to load the necessary
drivers. The system builder in the IDE takes a lot of the pain out of this
process.

I can copy an example to you if it would help.

Jim


The OS is on a regular IDE.

“Jim Douglas” <> jim@dramatec.co.uk> > wrote in message
news:ahn330$20c$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I have QNX 6.2 running on a Geode processor. How are you booting? Is
it
a
‘home-brew’ boot image tailored to the hardware or are you using the
default
boot image? Is the OS on compact flash?

Jim

“Paul Vander Byl” <> paul@gandacar.ca> > wrote in message
news:ahn0rs$36$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I’m trying to get QNX 6.2PE up and running on Advantech’s PCM-3350
PC104
Module. I can get through the first part of the install fine but
then
the
system just hangs or reboots after …

I’ve tried the altboot as well with the same result.

The hardware is bascally out of the box. It feautres NS Geode
GX1-300
MHz
processor, AWARD BIOS, on board video and ethernet, etc… I
believe
all
the hardware is supported.

Thanks for any help.
Cheers,
Paul Vander Byl




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“Paul Vander Byl” <paul@gandacar.ca> wrote in message
news:ahn4ag$2o8$1@inn.qnx.com

Thanks Jim but an example of a simple boot image isn’t needed. I figure
that it’s not even getting to the point of detecting the hardware.
Usually
we will see the press space to input boot options, then it enumerates and
detects the devices. In my case this never occurs. Even if the image is
too
clever for a simple embedded system it shouldn’t just lock up or decide to
reset the machine. It’s almost like the boot loader dies. It
decompresses
the image then nothing.

In my case the embedded board was not fitted with a keyboard controller and
the code for bios.boot has a wait-forever loop if it does not detect the
keyboard. You have the code, it is supplied with PE, or I can let you have a
copy of a bios_nokbd.boot to try. OTOH the fact that you say it resets
sometimes does not quite fit the same pattern. It sounds like the execution
is flying off into outer space.

Jim


“Jim Douglas” <> jim@dramatec.co.uk> > wrote in message
news:ahn3s2$2d5$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …

“Paul Vander Byl” <> paul@gandacar.ca> > wrote in message
news:ahn3eq$2ap$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I’m booting from default image, right after the first part of the
install.

The default image might be a bit too clever for an embedded system like
this
as it tries to automatically determine the hardware configuration and
load
the correct drivers. You might be better off building a simple boot
image
that gets the HD mounted and then switch to a script to load the
necessary
drivers. The system builder in the IDE takes a lot of the pain out of
this
process.

I can copy an example to you if it would help.

Jim


The OS is on a regular IDE.

“Jim Douglas” <> jim@dramatec.co.uk> > wrote in message
news:ahn330$20c$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I have QNX 6.2 running on a Geode processor. How are you booting? Is
it
a
‘home-brew’ boot image tailored to the hardware or are you using the
default
boot image? Is the OS on compact flash?

Jim

“Paul Vander Byl” <> paul@gandacar.ca> > wrote in message
news:ahn0rs$36$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I’m trying to get QNX 6.2PE up and running on Advantech’s PCM-3350
PC104
Module. I can get through the first part of the install fine but
then
the
system just hangs or reboots after …

I’ve tried the altboot as well with the same result.

The hardware is bascally out of the box. It feautres NS Geode
GX1-300
MHz
processor, AWARD BIOS, on board video and ethernet, etc… I
believe
all
the hardware is supported.

Thanks for any help.
Cheers,
Paul Vander Byl






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“Paul Vander Byl” <> paul@gandacar.ca> > wrote in message
news:ahn0rs$36$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I’m trying to get QNX 6.2PE up and running on Advantech’s
PCM-3350 PC104 Module. I can get through the first part of
the install fine but then the system just hangs or reboots
after …

I’ve tried the altboot as well with the same result.

The hardware is bascally out of the box. It feautres NS Geode
GX1-300 MHz processor, AWARD BIOS, on board video and
ethernet, etc… I believe all the hardware is supported.

Thanks for any help.
Cheers,
Paul Vander Byl










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My 6.x has always tripped over my DVD at about that point if there is
nothing in the drive. If I leave the draw open or have a CD in it boots
fine. Try leaving your DVD or CD ejected and see if it makes a difference.

Cheers

Ken

I get a big hex dump now if I leave the cdrom door open. Doesn’t really help
the problem.

Is the loader on the cdrom different than the loader used when qnx is
installed on to the IDE? I can run it from the cdrom no problem.


“Ken Callan” <kcallan@ozemail.com.au.remove> wrote in message
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“Paul Vander Byl” <> paul@gandacar.ca> > wrote in message
news:ahn0rs$36$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I’m trying to get QNX 6.2PE up and running on Advantech’s
PCM-3350 PC104 Module. I can get through the first part of
the install fine but then the system just hangs or reboots
after …

I’ve tried the altboot as well with the same result.

The hardware is bascally out of the box. It feautres NS Geode
GX1-300 MHz processor, AWARD BIOS, on board video and
ethernet, etc… I believe all the hardware is supported.

Thanks for any help.
Cheers,
Paul Vander Byl














My 6.x has always tripped over my DVD at about that point if there is
nothing in the drive. If I leave the draw open or have a CD in it boots
fine. Try leaving your DVD or CD ejected and see if it makes a difference.

Cheers

Ken