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Qnx4 Virtual Machine

  • Virtual Machine installed on Radar2
  • Uses Vmware Server virtual machine
  • Start Up:
    • Username: und
    • Password: none
  • Shut down:
    • In Qnx, right-click on the background, then click on 'Shutdown'
    • Type 'su', then 'halt'
    • In Vmware, Click 'VM' ⇒ 'Power' ⇒ 'Power Off'
  • Type 'Ctrl+Alt' to release mouse from virtual machine

Virtual Machine Access

Through Radar2

  1. Log on to Radar2 using a local account
  2. On the menu bar, go to 'Applications', then 'System Tools', then 'Vmware Server Console'
  3. Click 'Local Host' and then 'Connect'
  4. Click on 'Qnx' on the left-hand panel and then 'Power on this virtual machine'

Through Remote Access

  1. Open Vmware server on local machine
  2. Click 'Connect on Remote Host'
  3. Enter 'radar2.atmos.und.edu:904' into hostname
  4. When Vmware window has come up, click on 'Qnx' and then the 'Start' Button

Drives

  • When Qnx first starts up, the /dos/c and dos/d drives need to be mounted
  • To mount drives on Qnx:
    1. Type 'su'
    2. Type './mountdrives'
      • The drives should now be mounted.
  • The Qnx virtual machines doesn't have internet access so all data must be mounted on the /dos/d drive before the

virtual machine can access it.

Accessing /dos/d drive through Radar2

  1. Make sure Qnx virtual machine is completely powered down
  2. In a terminal window, go to /usr/local/bin
  3. Run the mount_fat script
    • this will mount the /Fat32_2GB (/dos/d) drive
    • Data is stored in /Fat32_2GB/PostProcessing

Accessing /dos/c drive through a laptop running Qnx virtual machine

  1. Make sure Qnx virtual machinge is running and the cursor (mouse) is located in the virtual machine.
  2. Insert the flash drive into the laptop.
  3. Click 'Yes' or 'OK' to all the pop-up windows.
  4. Make sure the flash drive was recognized and mounted into the virtual machine framework by looking in the lower right hand corner for the icon that is labeled with the name of the flash drive when the cursor is located over the icon.
  5. In a terminal window in Qnx, type 'flash' to mount the flash drive.
  6. If the terminal window does not say that the drive was mounted, reboot the Qnx virtual computer (but do not close out of the virtual machine framework).
  7. In a terminal window in Qnx, type 'flash' to mount the flash drive.
  8. To unmount, type 'flash' again.

M300 Playback

  • The Radar2 computer has a software key that allows for the M300 software to run in the plackback mode.
    • This mode plays back already acquired data
    • Changes can be made to any of the software tables except for the acquisition and buffer tables.

To run the M300 software

  1. Type 'm300' in the terminal window
  2. Hit the 'F1' button or click on the M300 control window
  3. Go to 'File' ⇒ 'Open'
  4. Find the data and hit 'Open'
    • There is some data from 2007 under the /dos/c drive
    • Files from 2010 are stored under the /dos/d drive (/dos/d/PostProcessing)
atmos/citation/soft/qnx4/virtual_machine.txt · Last modified: 2020/01/29 17:25 by 127.0.0.1