Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!bu.edu!bu-cs!bu-pub!bear From: bear@bu-pub.bu.edu (Blair M. Burtan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: error message on 2500 Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 90 14:17:03 GMT References: <5550@hydra.gatech.EDU> <2769@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Distribution: usa Organization: Boston Univ. Electrical, Computer & Systems Engineering Lines: 26 In-reply-to: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu's message of 1 Feb 90 21:00:28 GMT >>>>> On 1 Feb 90 21:00:28 GMT, es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) said: >> In article <5550@hydra.gatech.EDU> jd21@prism.gatech.EDU (DEMMERS,JAMES L) writes: >A friend of mine has just purchased an Amiga 2500 and has included the Virusx >software in his startup sequence. His problem is that whenever he boots the >system, an error message appears that states: "cold capture vector is not set >to 0" and something else about a virus maybe present in RAM. Has anyone out >there had any similar experience with this software on a 2500 (or other >machine)? >> VirusX and SetPatch conflict. If SetPatch is run with option >> set for the fatter Agnus (which I assume it is) VirusX for some reason >> thinks there may be a virus. Obviously there isn't. If you run virusx >> at the beginning of your startup-sequence, which you should anyway, >> there won't be a problem. >> -- Ethan I had the same problem. This has something to do with chip ram I think. The lastest version of VirusX (4.0) has a parameter -r that fixes this problem. -- --------------------------- Signature Version 1.0 --------------------------- | bear@bu-pub.bu.edu enge05c@buacca.bu.edu | | "There are many perks in being the mother of a living god. | | Nice apartment, car, free parking." | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------