Hello Peter,
On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:24:56 +1000, Peter Howkins
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 02:51:29PM +1000, Terry Duell wrote:
Is there a way of booting RPCEmu into a safe screen mode, to allow
these sort of errors to be corrected, without having to resort to
replacing the hard disc image?
There's a few methods (that apply to real hardware too).
1) Hold down 'shift' on startup to prevent !Boot from running (which
loads
the dodgy mode), and then poke around in !Boot to change which mode is
used.
I tried to do that but never had any success, so assumed that it was not
possible.
I have experimented a few times since your message, but don't have any
luck in getting it to work.
*or*
2) Wait till you're in the 'desktop' (or best guess when that it). hit
F12
and blindtype 'wimpmode 28' (without quotes) and hit enter. This should
put you back into 640x480, and then poke around in !Boot to change which
mode is used.
OK. That puts me in a mode where all I see is what looks like a task
window...nothing else, no desktop. If I type 'Desktop' I get told that the
desktop is running. Is that expected behaviour? At this stage I don't
think I would know how to fix the problem at this level of access, but a
bit of homework might sort that, not sure.
It looks like a backup of hd4.hdf and cfg files before monkeying with
monitor modes, is probably the best and most reliable way to recover.
Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
--
Regards,
Terry Duell
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