Trying to perform a new installation of the eval version of 6.3.0, but I am
having no luck. I keep getting an error on installation. I have tried burning
the disc a few times, and I redownloaded the ISO. Anyone have any ideas?
Below is what my screen looks like when it dies:
100% COPY /cd/boot/fs/qnxbasemp.ifs to /hdisk/boot/fs
Recording licenses…complete.
QNX Momentics 6.3.0 Development Seat Installation
Throughout the installation, you will be prompted for the necessary
information. The default answers are displayed in brackets after
the question. If you press the key, the default answer
will be used. After typing your answer, press the key to
continue the installation.
Do you wish to install to the default location of ‘/usr/qnx630’ (y/n)? [y]
Do you wish to install the QNX Neutrino SDK (All Targets) (y/n)? [y]
Do you wish to install the Integrated Development Environment (y/n)? [y]
Installing qnx6-host…please wait.
Installing qn66-target…please wait.
Error reading
zcat: stdin: unexpected end of file
An error occurred during the installation.
Do you wish to continue (y/n)? [n]
Needless to say, the system doesn’t act properly when I answer yes to that
final question, and answering no gives me a message that an error occurred
during install. (As if I had not noted that already…)
Any suggestions on how to get 6.3.0 installed would be appreciated. 6.2.1 did
not like my NIC for whatever reason, so that leaves me with no choice but 6.3
if I am going to use QNX. (Plus 6.3.0 looks nicer…
When replying, please CC me directly as well as the group so I can respond
more quickly.
EH> First thing that comes to mind is lack of space in the partition. How
EH> big is it? A full installation is 1.1 GB.
EH>
EH> It would still pay to run a cksum or md5sum over the disc too.
The partition is 2.2GB, so I don’t think that’s the issue. Also,
the md5sum is fine. I am truly stumped. No one’s ever seen this
before?
Is it possible to get an “official” Eval disc from QNX? That
would remove the variable of the CD-ROM not reading stuff off of
any of the brands of CD-R and CD-RW I have lying about. (Though,
I doubt that’s the case since I obviously use these discs for
other things…)
Is it possible to get an “official” Eval disc from QNX? That
would remove the variable of the CD-ROM not reading stuff off of
any of the brands of CD-R and CD-RW I have lying about. (Though,
I doubt that’s the case since I obviously use these discs for
other things…)
Did you md5sum the CD or just the iso?
This always works: dd if=/dev/cd0 bs=1k count=536192 |md5sum
EH> Did you md5sum the CD or just the iso?
EH>
EH> This always works: dd if=/dev/cd0 bs=1k count=536192 |md5sum
At first I had just md5summed the iso, but I have since done the
same on all the discs I have burned. They all have correct
md5sums (comparing vs. the myqnx download page).
OK. I am no longer stumped. I needed to burn the disc in TAO
mode, not DAO… Don’t know why that made a difference, but it
did. Thanks for your suggestions, they helped me think about the
problem a bit differently.
Now, I have a new question: How do I set up dhcp.client to only
use the provided name servers and not the domain name? -n and -m
together will provide the opposite of what I want, and neither -n
nor -m are what I seem to be wanting.
Is it easier for me to just use sed on /etc/resolv.conf (via
/etc/dhcp/dhcp-up) after I obtain a lease rather than try to find
the “correct” way with options?
OK. I am no longer stumped. I needed to burn the disc in TAO
mode, not DAO… Don’t know why that made a difference, but it
did. Thanks for your suggestions, they helped me think about the
problem a bit differently. >
Very odd, I always use DOA myself.
Now, I have a new question: How do I set up dhcp.client to only
use the provided name servers and not the domain name? -n and -m
together will provide the opposite of what I want, and neither -n
nor -m are what I seem to be wanting.
Is it easier for me to just use sed on /etc/resolv.conf (via
/etc/dhcp/dhcp-up) after I obtain a lease rather than try to find
the “correct” way with options?
Wouldn’t have a clue. I don’t have much patient with networking stuff,
so I simply went and bought myself a router/switch combo and haven’t
looked back.
So do I, as a rule. Don’t know why it was an issue this time, but
it works now.
EH> Wouldn’t have a clue. I don’t have much patient with networking stuff,
EH> so I simply went and bought myself a router/switch combo and haven’t
EH> looked back.
Ya, I have a cheap MSI wireless gateway thinger that does DHCP
(my easy out so I don’t have to keep track of which machines at
home have which IP, plus if a friend comes over, they just have
to jack in), but it doesn’t let me set my domain. Sometimes it
will respond with a random domain. In either case, I need to
specify it manually. So, I guess I’ll add a line of sed magic to
my rc.local tonite.
Thanks again for all your help. Hopefully, I’ll be able to
contribute in the future.
(Plus 6.3.0 looks nicer… 
