[Virtualacorn-list] Virtual Acorn Boot Problem

[Mike Hobbs]

In message <54dddf644ejohn at ryepad.plus.com>
          John Rye <john at ryepad.plus.com> wrote:
> Hello All
> I have run Virtual Acorn SA under Risc OS Select on my Laptop Running Vista
> for several years with no problems at all.
> When I put the computer away to go on holiday it was working OK.
> When I switched on on my return and tried to boot Virtual Acorn it crashed
> with the error :-
> Start Up not Completed, File "?!Boot" not found.
> When I press cancel it comes up in the Risc OS 4 desktop at low resolution.
> I feel that I have seen this error once before a long time ago.
> Does any one recognise this or have any suggestions.
> Cheers
> John

You almost certainly need to replace the cmos.ram file in
VirtualRPC-SA\Models\...\  It often gets corrupted if the
system crashes.  I keep a backup copy of a working cmos.ram
for this purpose. You will have to set the clock after
replacing the cmos.ram file.

-- 
Mike Hobbs