QNX Technical Articles

Date of this edition: October 03, 2005

Target OS: QNX^® Neutrino^® 6.3.0 SP1 or later

Host OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP1 or SP2, 2000 SP4, NT SP6a; Sun Solaris 7, 8, or 9; QNX^® Neutrino^® 6.3.0 SP1 or later; Linux Red Hat 8, 9, or Enterprise WS 3 or 4

For the latest information about this TDK, see the online release notes (log into your myQNX account, and then go to the Download Center area of www.qnx.com).

Contents...

• Installing this TDK
  • On a Windows host
  • On a Solaris or Linux host
  • On a QNX Neutrino host
• Uninstalling this TDK
  • On a Windows host
  • On a Solaris or Linux host
  • On a QNX Neutrino host
• Documentation
• Technical support

Installing this TDK

Before you install this TDK, you must have already installed QNX Momentics 6.3.0 on a supported host. You can use this TDK with or without Service Pack 1 (SP1). If you have a legacy binary-update license key, you can't install the source components of a TDK. You'll also need to install the latest version of the Board Support Package for the target platform that you're using.

Each Board Support Package, Driver Development Kit, Technology Development Kit, and Source Kit contains a standalone directory hierarchy. If you're installing more than one of these products, don't combine the directories, or you might overwrite some of the files.

On a Windows host

If you've installed QNX Momentics versions 6.2.1 and 6.3.0 so that they coexist on your Windows host, please note: You can't install a 6.3.0 TDK or BSP when the active version is QNX Momentics 6.2.1; set your configuration to 6.3.0. If you switch from 6.2.1 to 6.3.0, you may have to log out of your user session and log back in before installing 6.3.0 BSPs and TDKs.

1. Log in as a user with system-administrator privileges.
2. Log into your myQNX account on our website, and then go to the Download Center.
3. Download the TDK package, tdk-efsys-1.0.1-nnnnnnnnnnn-win32.exe. It's in the form of an executable (.exe) file. The nnnnnnnnnnn in the filename is an 11-digit build number.
4. Double-click the file in Windows Explorer or run it at the command line.
5. Follow the instructions provided by InstallShield.

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   Windows XP SP2 may display a security warning the first time you install a TDK. You can verify the TDK's checksums when you download the file from our website.

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On a Solaris or Linux host

1. Log in as root.
2. Log into your myQNX account on our website, and then go to the Download Center.
3. Download the TDK package, tdk-efsys-1.0.1-nnnnnnnnnnn-host.bin. It's in the form of a .bin script. The host in the filename is either solaris or linux, and the nnnnnnnnnnn is an 11-digit build number.
4. Run chmod to make the script executable. For example:

   chmod a+x tdk-efsys-1.0.1-20041234567-linux.bin

5. Run the script at the system prompt. For example:

   $./tdk-efsys-1.0.1-20041234567-linux.bin

6. Follow the instructions provided by InstallShield.

On a QNX Neutrino host

1. Log in as root.
2. Log into your myQNX account on our website, and then go to the Download Center.
3. Download the TDK package, tdk-efsys-1.0.1-nnnnnnnnnnn-qnx6.sh. It's in the form of a shell script. The nnnnnnnnnnn in the filename is an 11-digit build number.
4. Run chmod to make the script executable. For example:

   chmod a+x tdk-efsys-1.0.1-20041234567-qnx6.sh

5. Run the script at the system prompt. For example:

   $./tdk-efsys-1.0.1-20041234567-qnx6.sh

6. Follow the instructions on your screen.

Uninstalling this TDK

On a Windows host

1. Log in as a user with system-administrator privileges.
2. Open the Control Panel (e.g. on Windows 2000: Start-->Settings-->Control Panel).
3. Select Add or Remove Programs.
4. Select the TDK package you want to remove, then click the Remove button.

On a Solaris or Linux host

1. Log in as root.
2. Go to the $QNX_TARGET/_uninstall/Flash_Filesystem_and_Embedding_Technology_Development_Kit_1.0.1 directory.
3. Start the QNX InstallShield application:

   ./uninstaller.bin

   InstallShield will now remove the TDK.

On a QNX Neutrino host

1. Log in as root.
2. Go to the $QNX_TARGET/install/tdk/efsys directory.
3. Run the uninstaller script:

   ./uninstall

Documentation

The functionality provided by this TDK is already described in the QNX Momentics documentation set:

• Filesystems chapter of the System Architecture guide
• Working with Filesystems chapter of the User's Guide
• Customizing the Flash Filesystem chapter of Building Embedded Systems
• devf-* entries in the Utilities Reference

Technical support

If you have any questions, comments, or problems with a QNX product, please contact Technical Support. For more information, see the How to Get Help chapter of the Welcome to QNX Momentics guide or visit our website, www.qnx.com.