Joe Mize Apr 13, 2002
> Hi Stuart,--
>
> What you describes looks like what happens when I launch Guide and it does not
> find the CD ROM, either it is not in the drive or the drive's letter has
> changed because my external Iomega Zip drive is (or is not) connected.
>
> For example, when powered on, my zip drive has letter E: and the cd-rom the
> letter F:. So in startup.mar there are the following lines
> 18 drive f:\
> 63 real CD f
> But when I boot the PC and the zip drive is not connected or not powered on,
> the cd-rom becomes e: instead of f:. So I have to modify the lines 18 and 63
> accordingly.
>
> To avoid such problems, it is possible to copy the Guide cd-rom (or use the
> install option) onto the hard disk, whose drive letter is unlikely to be
> modified.
>
> Cordialement
>
> Laurent Zimmermann
> http://users.skynet.be/zmn/cab
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: shugal333 <stuarts@...>
> To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 6:17 PM
> Subject: [guide-user] 'Stars all changed to huge blobs' error
>
> > Every now and then when I load Guide 7 (with latest update), and now
> > it seems with Guide 8, all the stars are extended to huge blobs.
> > I've tried changing the magnitude settings, zooming in and out, and
> > stuff to do with how the size of stars are shown on screen but
> > nothing works....except a reinstall.
> >
> > Does anyone recognise this ??
> >
> > I have an untested theory it maybe something to do with using my ZIP
> > drive without rebooting before loading Guide...but I'm not sure...
> > Is there any memory issues, graphic card issues that may set this
> > off ?
> >
> > thanks
> > stuart
>
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