Re: [B2-devel] [Patch] Use default ROM when ROM path preference is blank

[Alexei S. <ale...@gm...>]

Updated builds of SS are usually available on the SheepShaver forums at
emaculation.com.
-Alexei

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Lew Irwin/Studio Briefing <st...@us...>wrote:

> I do not have the technical expertise to understand the patches discussed
> in your recent message (and how they may affect the performance of
> SheepShaver). Is there another upgrade or complete build of SS that I can
> (should?) install?
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Alexei Svitkine <
> ale...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> Committed with modifications. I changed the strlen(rom_path) to
>> *rom_path to make it O(1). Thanks.
>>
>> -Alexei
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Michael Schmitt<msb2ssdev@me> wrote:
>> > Attached is a patch to SheepShaver, to fix a problem where the ROM file
>> can
>> > only be found on the first boot.
>> >
>> > When a user creates a new SheepShaver machine, there is no preference
>> file,
>> > so there is not ROM path preference. SheepShaver has logic so that in
>> this
>> > case, it will look for a ROM file named "ROM" or "Mac OS ROM" in the
>> current
>> > directory.
>> >
>> > The user starts SheepShaver in order to get to the built-in Preferences
>> > Editor, and changes various settings (such as creation of a hard disk).
>> Then
>> > the user reboots.
>> >
>> > If the user forgot to set the ROM path at this time, then SheepShaver
>> can no
>> > longer boot. The only recourse is for the user to find and delete the
>> > preferences file, or use an external preferences editor to set the ROM
>> path.
>> >
>> > The fix is to change SheepShaver to use the default ROM names when
>> either
>> > the rom path is null (no preference) OR an empty string (preference
>> exists
>> > with no rom path).
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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