Every once in a while, I hit the wrong configuration line, and smetimes I get a message something like "Unable to load ROM.. trying to load..."
The rest of the message is truncated.
I really would not mind this so much, but when it does that, I can't get back to the Pi or the Amiga without powering off/on. I have managed to get back a few times, by waiting a LONG time, then hitting aCR, but that only happend a few times.
After power off/on, it usually comes back, but then I can't boot properly. I don't recall the message I get. The only recourse at that time, I think, is to reflash an SD card, load up all the extra stuff, and start again.
Any way to get out of that lockup?
That brings up an additional question. What is the best way to back up my entire SD card? I tried making a new one using Win32DiskImager, but I ended up running out of room on the new card. Perhaps it would still work when this happens,. I haven't tried it yet.
Love Amibian! Takes me way back.
glad you found a way that works for you. :)
Well, I figured out a better way to get out of the lockups I was getting. I just log in using SSH, and reboot. Works good. Now I won't be so reluctant to try different configs with different ROMs.
About shrinking the image, you cant just count the blocks with dd. you first need to shrink it. win32diskimager copys the full sdcard, unused and unallocated space aswell. You can use a program like gparted for linux to shrink the image. then you can use dd and count the blocks, just make sure you take a few extra for buffer zone :) thera are some guides to do this that you can find with google. Doing this with wondows is something i have no knowledge about .. not a windows user you see ;)
OK, thanks, but here's the thing. I have discovered, through trial and error, that if I wait long enough before pulling the power, it will come back. Sometimes.
Other times, it seems as if I have to hit a Return and/or an F12, then wait a long time, and it will (again, sometimes), come back.
I am trying various ROMs, but it's pretty painful with all the waiting, and I really don't like to pull the power, as it sometimes clobbers the image.
The other thing, about shrinking the image... is there a way to find outthe size I would need to copy? I gather you mean I could use dd, with a "count = BLOCKS" option, but I don't know if there's a way to find out how much to copy without clobbering some of the good data. Any ideas on that?
I also find dd to be very slow. I suppose I could write a short program for Windows, that would truncate the image file, but I don't know if Win32DiskImager goes by information in the file, or just goes by its size. I'll try experimenting when my Amibian comes back.
hey. best way to get out of this problem is wither deleting the configs that you dont use or assign a rom to them so they work. :)
backing up the sd card is best done with win32diskimager. problem is that not all sd cards are exactly the same size. you can also shrink the image in another linux system and then use dd to capture it.