[iyonix-support] Re: Flashed it now, but ...

  • From: Alex Cessford <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:29:03 GMT

In message <4B65B1B5.2030602@xxxxxxxxxx>
          John Ballance <jwb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> effectively the same answer holds .. ANY error in the boot sequence will
> prevent the sequence completing fully

> So.. find the cause of this error and resolve it.
Oo-er John, now you've got me worried :-(
You may have seen the other thread I started on this list, called "I 
knew I shouldn't have done it". That was in connection with the 
Softload version. Having been reassured by Dave Higton and Steve Fryat 
that running the Flash version was not the big worry it seemed to me 
to be, I've finally gone and done it. Now I'm very much back to 
wishing I hadn't, I'm afraid. The actually process is very brief, I 
don't know, maybe 3 or 4 minutes. I did it around 2pm today. It is now 
5:10pm and I'm still here, 3 hours later messing about trying to sort 
out problems it has presented me with. I don't need this aggro. I just 
want to get back to using my machine, not interfering with its innards 
which I neither understand nor am interested in. I really do wish now 
that I had not bothered to do this. I'm sitting here trying to cope 
with typing a message that I can't even see the whole of all at once 
because it's so huge, so keep having to either move the MPro window or 
scroll it. This is no fun at all.

I have no idea where to begin to try and locate the error. I am not 
even slightly technical. Before replying here, the only thing I could 
think to do was to look once more at PreDesktop, which I've just done. 
I can't see anything there that makes any sense to me. The only reason 
I was able to spot the original 'bad' line was because it referred to 
running the softload and I had seen in replies to my previous postings 
that I should make sure that I removed softload before flashing.

> 'UniServeFS' .. not personally familiar with this, but presume its
> part of !Uniprint or similar.. In any case, it is the disc load that
> is complaining.. this is NOT a rom based item.
I would presume the same - but that's all it is, a presumption - I 
wouldn't know for sure at all.

When you say: "In any case, it is the disc load that is complaining.. 
this is NOT a rom based item" are you confirming that this UniServeFS 
problem is not caused by the flashing of the ROM? If so, I guess that 
this would help to eliminate possible causes. However, I have 
(literally) never had this error message before, so there must be some 
kind of connection with the flashing, however tenuous.

Please help, I'm getting very fed up here - not to mention in trouble 
with my wife for not spending time with her this Sunday afternoon!

> JB

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> Alex Cessford wrote:
>> In message <4B65A5D7.104@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>           John Ballance <jwb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>> Hi
>>> you've spotted it..
>>> command returning error as softload not there .. hence boot sequence stops
>>> hence remove that offending line
>>> JB
>>> John Ballance C.Eng MIET - jwb@xxxxxxxxxx - 07976 295923
>>> 
>> Hi John, thanks for helping me.
>> Unfortunately, this cure has not worked!
>> After reading your reply, I suddenly noticed that this offending line
>> should *not* (as far as my limited knowledge goes), have made any
>> difference - because it was REM-ed out with a |
>> I deleted it anyway, re-saved it, checked that the re-save had
>> resulted in the file now being minus that line, then re-booted.
>> Result - no change. Display still huge, Display Manager cannot be
>> altered.
>>
>> By the way, the re-boot process reminded me of the other hiccup that I
>> forgot to mention the first time:
>> After the Iyonix RO5 splash banner, I get  ERROR: Filename
>> 'UniServeFS' not recognised. and a Cancel button only offered. I duly
>> cancel and after a short, but quite significant pause, it proceeds to
>> the desktop.
>> Now what, please?
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>> Alex Cessford wrote:
>>> 
>>>> In message <499c4be250.Bernard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>           Bernard Veasey <bernard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>>> In message <b8e94ae250.Orpheus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>           Alex Cessford <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> Ok, now flashed to 5.16.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> All seems fine but small hiccup.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> I have very carefully recorded all messages, etc, in case I need to
>>>>>> re-tell them. Hopefully I won't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> So, short version:
>>>>>> Task Manager Info now says 5.16
>>>>>> I am using a Digimate 19" flatscreen. The display is huge.
>>>>>> Checked Display Manager, results as follows:
>>>>>>     Colours:    256     (menu all greyed-out)
>>>>>>     Resolution: 640x480 (drop-down menu button doesn't respond)
>>>>>>     Frame Rate  Unknown (drop-down menu button doesn't respond)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> I would say something in your !Boot.Choices.Boot.PreDesk
>>>>> has gone wrong before it reaches: !Boot.Choices.Boot.PreDesk.Configure
>>>>> Open the PreDesk folder and tell us what is there before 'Configure'.
>>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Bernard
>>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>> Bernard, I am so very grateful for your near-instant response. Thank
>>>> you so much.
>>>> Ok, I've attached PreDesk. However, whilst being strictly
>>>> non-technical, I think I might have spotted the problem. The last line
>>>> reads:
>>>> | Put other things which need setting up here.
>>>> |RMEnsure UtilityModule 5.14 Run
>>>> !Boot.Choices.Boot.PreDesk.Softload.go514
>>>> |End
>>>>
>>>> So am I right that this instruction to run Softload.go514 should be
>>>> deleted? I *did* ensure that I removed Softload itself from !Boot
>>>> before I re-flashed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
>>> signature database 4822 (20100131) __________
>>> 
>>
>> 
>>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>>> 
>>
>> 
>>> http://www.eset.com
>>> 
>>
>>
>> 


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