Qnx 4.24 Boots altboot always

Jacobsen · August 23, 2006, 8:10pm

We had an issue where both our .boot and altboot images got wiped out, I used a floppy to get back in and recreate the files. What I discovered after tearing some of my hair out was that it was always booting the alternate boot, regardless of whether I hit escape on the ‘Hit ESC to boot alternate OS’… it always boots the alternate OS!

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Bill Jacobsen

mario · August 23, 2006, 9:29pm

Maybe the .boot file is corrupted, or beyond the 1024 cylinder or the ESC key is stuck ;-)

thue · August 24, 2006, 8:31am

If you hit ESC to skip the memorytest, QNX will also altboot. QNX demands patience.

Jacobsen · August 24, 2006, 12:11pm

Thue, thanks, that was the catch. The memory test was taking too long so I was always ESC out of it.

I just told the BIOS to do a quick test so other impatient people don’t do that too!

Thanks for your help!