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Yesterday I got this instead of a startup:
An error occurred during Boot
File '&.!Boot' not found
Press any key to continue
Followed by a green screen with a RISC OS Boot menu:
1. Boot from ADFS hard drive
2. ... ADFS floppy
W. Configure machine
X. Exit to Desktop
Y Exit to cli
Number 1 led me to the RO 4.39 black startup screen where the error was:
File 'ADFS::4.$.!Boot' not found (Error no &D6)
Typing 'Desktop' allowed me into the plain unbooted desktop. !Boot dir is there.
Before I retry starting up VRPC is there anything I should do?
Like, if I need to re-install it, backup HardDisc4?

Later:
I just realised that I may have done something silly to cause this.
I added a new HostFS mount and pointed it to the D drive on windows.
Which is of course a partition of the Windows hard disc.
I now read in the VRPC manual: "Under no circumstances should you set up a HostFS mount that points to the root of your Windows hard disc, or to your Windows folder. If you do this then it is possible for someone using VirtualRPC-Adjust to accidentally corrupt your Windows System folder"

I better try to remove that mount!

later:
I started up vrpc and while the error msg was showing used
otions to unmount the D drive hostfs mount.
Also unmounted another hostfs mount which pointed to a windows folder called 'A' which i later deleted in windows.

Still won't start up VRPC.


Brian

Firstly, unless you have Windows installed on your D drive it doesn't matter if you make a HostFS mount that points to the root of that drive.

The error about File "&.!Boot" not found means that the RISC OS CMOS file has got corrupted. RISC OS keeps this file open all the time, so if you get a power cut it's possible that the file can be damaged.

The solution is to run the CMOS Restore app on the VirtualAcorn CD.

Thanks.

I've now just run the CMOS restore for Adjust-SA but the error's still happening. Same as reported above!

Bri

OK.

Make sure that User Account Control is disabled (Vista).
Check where your VirtualRPC is installed, you might not have put it in the default location.
It should be in C:\Program Files\VirtualAcorn\VirtualRPC-AdjustSA
Make sure that the path in the CMOS Restore installer matches the actual path of the VRPC.
Check all the parts of the VirtualRPC are present e.g. is HardDisc4 there?
Have you "buggered" up the HostFS mounts and "lost" HardDisc4?

If that doesn't do it then you could try re-installing VRPC over the top of your current installation.

I'm on XP



I have it in C:\VirtualRPC-AdjustSA and I made sure the cmos doodah went into the same place. It didn't say 'that folder doesn't exist. Do you want me to create one?'



Yes, I have managed to retain HardDisc4 and its contents, and I believe all the other components of vrpc.

... But maybe not. I feel a re-install coming on.

Thanks.

Brian
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Re-installed VRPC and all is well.

Cheers
Brian

Jolly good, glad it's now working OK.