Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!joe From: joe@cbmvax.commodore.com (Joe O'Hara - PA) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: error message on 2500 Message-ID: <9612@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 6 Feb 90 20:59:07 GMT References: <5550@hydra.gatech.EDU> <2769@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> Reply-To: joe@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (Joe O'Hara - PA) Distribution: usa Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 33 In article bear@bu-pub.bu.edu (Blair M. Burtan) writes: >>>>>> 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. The "r" option of Setpatch redirects the vector so that RAD: remains intact on rebooting with 1Meg Agnus. Users who don't use rad: can edit their startup sequence to eliminate the r option from the setpatch command. Earlier versions of VirusX will then be happy. -- ========================================================================== Joe O'Hara || Disclaimer: I didn't say that! Commodore Electronics Ltd || Product Assurance || "I never lie when I have sand in my shoes." Systems Evaluation Group || - Geordi LeForge, Star Trek TNG ==========================================================================