Forum: EasyBoot
Topic: progress bar is not working
started by: machinakias
Posted by machinakias on Jan. 04 2009,03:58
hi everyone...
please tell me what is going wrong! i click the "show the progress bar" and i already removed the bootfix.bin
(as balder told me to do to remove the "press a key to boot ")

but the progress bar doesnt show at all...is there any fix for this?

thank you!
Posted by balder on Jan. 04 2009,04:45
Hello again machinakias

This has nothing to do with that you have deleted bootfix.bin in folder i386 – just to clarify…

If you have checked ”Show Progress Bar” and have put in parameters (look below) there should be a progress bar (you can modify colours as you please).

Upper Left
Row: 400      Col: 100

Lower Right
Row: 410      Col: 500

If no progress bar shows up - some things must been screwed up in some way :O
I guess it’s time for reinstall EasyBoot. Save (back up) your “unique” files of yours in EasyBoot before reinstall Easyboot.

balder
Posted by machinakias on Jan. 04 2009,05:48
once again..thank you!!!
i 'd like to make some comments...
first of all..by erasing the bootfix.bin in greek xp made no harm but in english broke my installation..

another thing is about the progress bar...i did all you sayed
but still no bar....can i put it wherever i want or not?

anyway,i'll give it one more shot and i'll be back...

i really thank you for your help!  :)
Posted by balder on Jan. 04 2009,12:34
Hello machinakias

Quote: “by erasing the bootfix.bin in greek xp made no harm but in english broke my installation”

If you open w2ksect.bin with a hex editor you find in the end this text lines (path): SETUPLDR.BINBOOTFIX.BINI386
Simple explanation: w2ksect.bin try to start/execute “mini-op-system” in SETUPLDR.BIN  w2ksect.bin also try to execute BOOTFIX.BIN if present. If w2ksect.bin can’t find BOOTFIX.BIN it doesn’t care. Path to these two files is in the end of text line “I386”. It’s this last one (I386) we sometimes needs to change to something else with four characters.

So delete BOOTFIX.BIN doesn’t matter at all. It must be something else you did when modifying your built.

Anyway, this progress bar problem drives me nuts :O   I can’t understand why you have this problem. I’m so frustrated on my self so I have to take a cup of tea to slow down :angry:  I think I’m flipping out :p

balder
Posted by proto18ro on Dec. 27 2010,13:30
hello guys! this is my first post here! I have the same problem too, i just installed easyboot and i have same proble the progressbar doesnt show! What did i do?????
Posted by balder on Dec. 27 2010,16:59
@proto18ro

As you are a new member I say welcome @proto18ro :)

Quote: ”progressbar doesnt show!”

It’s difficult to sort out this strange behaviour from EasyBoot ???
However check these parameters:

1. Make sure “MenuType” is set to “Main Menu”
2. Check also “Wait Time” and set time to 10 (10 seconds)
3. In “Misc” make sure “Show Progress Bar” is checked

In “Misc” set also:

Upper Left
Row: 100      Col: 25

Lower Right
Row: 110      Col: 300

AND for colour set:

Back:   yellow

Fore:   Light red

Edge:   Light grey

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Test and see if it works :)

balder