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blog:bbc_riscpc_fix [2020/07/26 22:32] – [Re-Testing After Battery Removal] john | blog: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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===== 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 === | ||
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* Run SparkPlug from RAM | * Run SparkPlug from RAM | ||
- | * Copy !HForm.zip to a DOS floppy | + | * Copy {{ : |
* 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 {{ : |
* 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.zip) into two 1.4MB images | + | * Use the MS-DOS {{ : |
* 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! | ||
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+ | ===== Networking ===== | ||
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+ | To do! |