I’ve downloaded and burned the ISO for QNX 6.3.0 Momentics Eval copy.
I’m having trouble getting it to install on Windows XP Home on a Vaio
GRX-550.
It keeps complaining about needing Windows SP1 and doesn’t install
correctly/completely. I’ve installed all of the Windows XP updates
but not SP2, so I would think that would mean SP1 is installed. What
do I have to do to get this dang thing to install correctly ?
OR Can anyone tell me what it is looking for in SP1 that I can
specifically install on my WinXP system ? How can I tell if SP1 is
installed ? winver gives me:
Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpclient.010817–1148)
Thanks !
P.S. My apologies if this is a duplicate — I was trying to get it
into the newsgroup via the gateway …
qnxcat13 <discard3@waycoolgear-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote:
How can I tell if SP1 is
installed ? winver gives me:
Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpclient.010817–1148)
To get your Service Pack version, right-click on ‘My Computer’, and
select ‘properties’. Under the ‘General’ tab, you should see something
similar to the following:
System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 2
Thanks !
P.S. My apologies if this is a duplicate — I was trying to get it
into the newsgroup via the gateway …
–
David Green (dgreen@qnx.com)
QNX Software Systems Ltd.
http://www.qnx.com
qnxcat13 wrote:
I’ve downloaded and burned the ISO for QNX 6.3.0 Momentics Eval copy.
I’m having trouble getting it to install on Windows XP Home on a Vaio
GRX-550.
Run QNX standalone. It’s less hassle, and you’ll become
more familiar with it. You can debug your programs on your
development machine.
With QNX on Windows, you get to deal with all the problems of
two operating systems.
John Nagle
Team Overbot
Thanks! Can you elaborate on what you mean by running QNX Stand-Alone
? I completely understand what you mean about less hassle with only
one OS. Do you mean just run it on the one and only machine with QNX
installed on it ? Does this also mean that software for QNX would
also need to be developed on that machine ?
Thanks !
Thanks to Dave Green, too. This confirms that I do not have SP1
installed, only the base XP Home.
Thanks again .
qnxcat13 wrote:
Thanks! Can you elaborate on what you mean by running QNX Stand-Alone
? I completely understand what you mean about less hassle with only
one OS. Do you mean just run it on the one and only machine with QNX
installed on it ? Does this also mean that software for QNX would
also need to be developed on that machine ?
Thanks !
Yes. We do all our QNX development on QNX x86 desktops.
Not all desktop machines will run QNX. Our experience
is that about half will. Few laptops will run
QNX, but there are some that will. Try installing the
evaluation version and see what happens.
Older versions of QNX (6.20, 6.21) will boot from
CD and run without using the hard drive at all.
This demo gets you a nice little Internet appliance, and
if that works, the machine is suitable for QNX.
Display support is the big weak point. Display drivers
for QNX desktops are years behind current hardware. For
example, the most recent NVidia board supported is a
GEForce 2. But there’s a generic SVGA driver, and that
will drive most desktop displays, although scrolling in
text windows is sluggish.
The real advantage is that you can just compile and run
QNX programs. That’s how you get new people up to speed
on QNX. Once they’re getting work done in the single
machine environment, you can put them into the tougher
world of cross-development to an embedded target.
John Nagle
Team Overbot
Nit picking time … 
John Nagle wrote:
Older versions of QNX (6.20, 6.21) will boot from
CD and run without using the hard drive at all.
The QNX 6.3.0 CDROM works just fine as a compatibility tester. Btw: Don’t use the 6.2.1 CDROM for this purpose as it has the library version mismatching problem.
GEForce 2. But there’s a generic SVGA driver, and that
will drive most desktop displays, although scrolling in
text windows is sluggish.
Make that the VESA 2.x driver. The SVGA (VESA 1.x) driver is quite fast at dragging and scrolling; after all, that’s where I borrowed the VesaTweak code from. 
Evan
Thnks for all of the excellent feedback! It’s very helpful. I’ll keep
this thread posted as to what success I have had.