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blog:bbc_riscpc_fix [2020/07/26 22:32] – [Re-Testing After Battery Removal] johnblog:bbc_riscpc_fix [2020/07/28 20:05] (current) john
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 To be honest I'm not surprised an old 800MB IDE drive from-gods-know-when has a few errors. The plan would be to swap it out (or, preferably, leave it installed but unplugged) with a compact flash card reader instead. To be honest I'm not surprised an old 800MB IDE drive from-gods-know-when has a few errors. The plan would be to swap it out (or, preferably, leave it installed but unplugged) with a compact flash card reader instead.
  
 +===== Case cleaning! =====
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 +Just a bit of soap and water and a magic eraser block:
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 +{{:blog:img20200726184832.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:img20200726184955.jpg?400|}}
 ===== Restoring Risc OS ===== ===== Restoring Risc OS =====
  
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 === Steps to reinstall Risc OS to hard drive === === Steps to reinstall Risc OS to hard drive ===
  
-   Copy !SparkPlug self-extracting .bas file to a DOS floppy+   Unzip the {{ :blog:splug226.zip|!SparkPlug}} zip file, and copy the self-extracting .bas file to a DOS floppy
    * Run SparkPlug from RAM    * Run SparkPlug from RAM
-   * Copy !HForm.zip to a DOS floppy+   * Copy {{ :blog:hform248.zip |!HForm.zip}} to a DOS floppy
    * Unpack !HForm to RAM    * Unpack !HForm to RAM
    * Format your new drive, make it bootable    * Format your new drive, make it bootable
    * Copy !SparkPlug to the formatted hard drive    * Copy !SparkPlug to the formatted hard drive
-   * Copy !Split.zip to a DOS floppy+   * Copy {{ :blog:split.zip|!Split.zip}} to a DOS floppy
    * Unpack !Split.zip and copy to your formatted hard drive    * Unpack !Split.zip and copy to your formatted hard drive
-   * Use SPLIT.EXE on the PC side to split the Risc OS universal boot sequence (uniboot.zipinto two 1.4MB images+   * Use the MS-DOS {{ :blog:split_stubsg.zip|SPLIT.EXE}} on the PC side (included in addition to versions for other platforms) to split the Risc OS 3.7 {{ :blog:uniboot.zip|universal boot sequence}} into two 1.4MB images ({{ :blog:uniboot_splits.zip|pre-split version}})
    * Copy each image on a single DOS floppy to the Risc PC    * Copy each image on a single DOS floppy to the Risc PC
    * Re-join the two split files using !Split and drag the unzipped !Boot sequence to your hard drive    * Re-join the two split files using !Split and drag the unzipped !Boot sequence to your hard drive
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 ... one more thing to look at! ... one more thing to look at!
 +
 +===== Networking =====
 +
 +To do!
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