{"id":119,"date":"2004-08-11T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-11T23:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb-articles\/installation-tips-for-qnx\/"},"modified":"2021-09-07T23:15:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T06:15:14","slug":"installation-tips-for-qnx","status":"publish","type":"lsvr_kba","link":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/kb-articles\/installation-tips-for-qnx\/","title":{"rendered":"Installation Tips for QNX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can install QNX through Windows 9x to a FAT32 partition, or directly to a new partition by booting the installation CD or diskette.\u00a0 QNX 6.2 doesn't allow you to choose an existing partition for installation if you boot from the installation CD or diskette; therefore, you must follow the safe procedure below if the <strong>Limit Primaries<\/strong>\u00a0option in BootIt\u00a0BM is disabled.<\/p>\r\n<p>Safe procedure for placing QNX Neutrino Ver. 6.2.0 into its own partition (provided by Ray M.):<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><em><strong>This procedure requires installation via Windows 9x.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>Download the *.ISO from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QNX.com<\/a>, then create a bootable CD-ROM from it.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Boot to BootIt\u00a0BM and create\/format a 1-GB to 2-GB FAT32 partition for QNX.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Add the QNX partition to the Windows 9x boot item you're going to use for installation.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Boot the Windows 9x boot item.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Install QNX to C:.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Open a MS-DOS Prompt and use the <strong>sys<\/strong> command to copy the system files to the QNX FAT32 partition.\u00a0 (For example, if j:\u00a0represents your\u00a0QNX partition, enter the command\u00a0\"<strong>sys j:<\/strong>\").\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<em>Steps 7 - 10 can be done from the MS-DOS Prompt or GUI.<\/em><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Copy the c:&#92;config.sys file (which the QNX install builds) to the QNX drive.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Create a \"Program Files\" folder on the QNX drive.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Copy the contents of the \"C:&#92;Program Files&#92;QNX\" folder to \"x:&#92;Program Files&#92;QNX\" on the QNX drive.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Edit the config.sys file on the QNX drive to only reference the QNX entries (if you only want one option then delete the [MENU] options leaving only c:&#92;program files&#92;qnx...etc, etc)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Go to add\/remove programs in the Windows Control Panel and choose to uninstall QNX.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Reboot to BootIt\u00a0BM maintenance and create a QNX boot item for the QNX partition.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>If you didn't want to install QNX to its own partition then you could use the Multi-OS or keystrokes feature in the boot item to automatically select the OS to boot.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul type=\"square\">\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/?p=100\">How to Install an OS to Its Own Partition<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/?p=101\">How to Activate Multi-OS<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/?p=102\">How to Add an OS to a Multi-OS Partition<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can install QNX through Windows 9x to a FAT32 partition, or directly to a new partition by booting the installation CD or diskette.\u00a0 QNX 6.2 doesn&#8217;t allow you to choose an existing partition for installation if you boot from the installation CD or diskette; 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