Re: How can I use floppy disk drive."
jens mammen <jensjmammen-/[email protected]> Mon, 4 Oct 2004 06:50:15 +0100 (BST)
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--0-360787577-1096869015=:74493 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi, My Hard disk is 40GB. First 5GB is used for Windows and the next 3GB is using for QNX. My display shows the following while booting QNX : Loading QNX Press Esc for alternate OSC. You mean by new Pentium system as P4? In P3 I have seen, Fsys.floppy is working. Thanks Jens Frank Liu <[email protected]> wrote: 1) is the hard disk too big? and QNX partition beyond cylinder 1024? What's on the screen when you try to boot the HD? 2) QNX 4 has some issues with the new Pentium machine. Most of the community QNX users are using QNX 6 because it is free. QNX 4 is very expensive and there are all commercial users. You may want to contact QNX for a new version of Fsys.floppy that works with Pentium machine. Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: jens mammen Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:13:36 +0100 (BST) Subject: [Openqnx-developer] How can I use floppy disk drive." To: openqnx-developer-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Hello Everybody, I have installed QNX 4.5 in my new 'HP Presario 1115L' machine using QNX installation CD. I am facing the following problems. 1. I couldn't make a QNX boot floppy during the installation. Even if I had inserted a new floppy disk in the drive, it was asking me to insert a disk in the floppy drive (It was not detecting the floppy disk - so I aborted that). 2. After the installation I am not able to boot from the hard disk. (I am using LILO as the boot loader - The other 2 OSs are booting well). So I maid a QNX boot floppy from my friend's system and using that I am able to boot QNX in my system (Though the floppy drive was not detecting during the installation!!). 3. After booting QNX using the floppy, I am not able to mount any floppy disk using the mount comand. While trying that, getting the following error message: mount: mount() of /dev/fd0 failed: Input/Output error.(I maid sure that the Fsys.floppy is running.) (Even the fdformat & dinit commands are not working.) So what will be the problems? It will be a great help if anyone can give me a solution for these problems. (1. Not booting from the Harddisk. 2. Not able to use the Floppy drive) Thanking you all in advance Jens. (I am a beginner in QNX, but very curious on it) ________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! --0-360787577-1096869015=:74493 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <DIV>Hi,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> My Hard disk is 40GB. First 5GB is used for Windows and the next 3GB is using for QNX.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> My display shows the following while booting QNX :</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Loading QNX</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Press Esc for alternate OSC.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> You mean by new Pentium system as P4? In P3 I have seen, Fsys.floppy is working.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV> <DIV>Jens</DIV> <DIV><BR><I><STRONG>Frank Liu <[email protected]></STRONG></I> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">1) is the hard disk too big? and QNX partition beyond cylinder 1024?<BR>What's on the screen when you try to boot the HD?<BR><BR>2) QNX 4 has some issues with the new Pentium machine. Most of the<BR>community QNX users are using QNX 6 because it is free. QNX 4 is very<BR>expensive and there are all commercial users. You may want to contact<BR>QNX for a new version of Fsys.floppy that works with Pentium machine.<BR><BR>Frank<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: jens mammen <[email protected]><BR>Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:13:36 +0100 (BST)<BR>Subject: [Openqnx-developer] How can I use floppy disk drive."<BR>To: openqnx-developer-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org<BR><BR><BR>Hello Everybody,<BR><BR>I have installed QNX 4.5 in my new 'HP Presario 1115L' machine<BR>using QNX installation CD. I am facing the following problems.<BR><BR><BR>1. I couldn't make a QNX boot floppy during the installation. Even if<BR>I had inserted a new floppy disk in the drive, it was asking me to<BR>insert a disk in the floppy drive (It was not detecting the floppy<BR>disk - so I aborted that).<BR><BR><BR>2. After the installation I am not able to boot from the hard disk. (I<BR>am using LILO as the boot loader - The other 2 OSs are booting well).<BR>So I maid a QNX boot floppy from my friend's system and using that <BR>I am able to boot QNX in my system (Though the floppy drive was not<BR>detecting during the installation!!).<BR><BR><BR>3. After booting QNX using the floppy, I am not able to mount any<BR>floppy disk using the mount comand. While trying that, getting the<BR>following error message:<BR>mount: mount() of /dev/fd0 failed: Input/Output error.(I maid sure<BR>that the Fsys.floppy is running.)<BR>(Even the fdformat & dinit commands are not working.)<BR><BR>So what will be the problems? It will be a great help if anyone can<BR>give me a solution for these problems.<BR>(1. Not booting from the Harddisk.<BR>2. Not able to use the Floppy drive)<BR><BR>Thanking you all in advance<BR>Jens. <BR>(I am a beginner in QNX, but very curious on it)<BR><BR>________________________________<BR><BR>ALL-NEW Yahoo! 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