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Re: You can't re-configure this machine

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From: chr...@cjemicros.co.uk (Chris Evans (CJE/4D))
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Subject: Re: You can't re-configure this machine
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:28:23 +0100
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by: Chris Evans (CJE/4D) - Tue, 26 Oct 2021 08:28 UTC

In article <597ef32e7dnews@rjdarby.co.uk>, Richard Darby (news)
<URL:mailto:news@rjdarby.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <597ef13f8dnews@rjdarby.co.uk>,
> Richard Darby (news) <news@rjdarby.co.uk> wrote:
> > In article <597eec1fb7Spambin@argonet.co.uk>,
> > Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> > > I am trying to prepare an old RPC for sale. It was missing a HDD so I
> > > found one from my collection, placed it another machine, via an ARCin
> > > card, downloaded the clean boot from Risc OS Ltd and carried out the
> > > install on the replacement drive.
>
> > > I then put the HDD in the machine I wish to sell and it keeps telling
> > > me !Boot has not been run and that I cannot re-configure the machine.
>
> > You could try the following
>
> > *Configure Boot

For the record both

> > *Opt 4 2

and

> *Opt 4,2

have the same effect!

This is true of all star commands i.e. you can use a space of a comma to
separate parameters.

Chris Evans

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Re: You can't re-configure this machine	Chris Evans (CJE/4D)