QNX installation on HD

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I have got a floppy with QNX and some
software installed on it. I want to install [b:8a720e8752]exactly the
some environement on a hard disk[/b:8a720e8752]. I have formated the
HD fdisk … I have made it bootable. I have installed the boot
loader. I have copied my .boot file on the first 1024 cylinders. When
I try to boot, I get the message from the boot loader and that’s all.
How can I be sure that my .boot file is on /? How can I define the
mount point? Do I have to change a config file to transfer the
environement from the floppy to the hard disk?

Thanks in advance

Christophe

2

Im not sure how you did format the disk but try these steps:

  • use fdisk /dev/hd0 (if it is you hd) to create a QNX partition (type
    79 or 77)
  • be sure to set the boot flag in fdisk and the loader
  • use dinit to format the disk: dinit -h /dev/hd0t79 (or t77)
  • mount the disk and copy the .boot file and the other stuff to it:
    mount /dev/hd0t79 /t79 (t79 is the mountpoint)

Now it should load the .boot file during reboot. If it loads you will
see the boot message and some dots and then some messages from your
boot image.
If you get errors from your boot file not able to copy or open
something then you have to make a new image. See the QNX docs on that
topic.

Tobias

lch123wrote:
I have got a floppy with QNX and some

software installed on it. I want to install [b:568f4f7232]exactly the
some environement on a hard disk[/b:568f4f7232]. I have formated the
HD fdisk … I have made it bootable. I have installed the boot
loader. I have copied my .boot file on the first 1024 cylinders. When
I try to boot, I get the message from the boot loader and that’s all.
How can I be sure that my .boot file is on /? How can I define the
mount point? Do I have to change a config file to transfer the
environement from the floppy to the hard disk?

Thanks in advance

Christophe

3

You might try using the “old style boot loader”.

Try “dinit -hbO /hd” after QNX is installed.



“lch123” <christophelimbree@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in
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I have got a floppy with QNX and some
software installed on it. I want to install [b:8a720e8752]exactly the
some environement on a hard disk[/b:8a720e8752]. I have formated the
HD fdisk … I have made it bootable. I have installed the boot
loader. I have copied my .boot file on the first 1024 cylinders. When
I try to boot, I get the message from the boot loader and that’s all.
How can I be sure that my .boot file is on /? How can I define the
mount point? Do I have to change a config file to transfer the
environement from the floppy to the hard disk?

Thanks in advance

Christophe