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by oldumguy
14 Aug 2016, 19:29
Forum: Newbie questions
Topic: RE: [Solved] problem entering cheat code at splash screen
Replies: 9
Views: 3448

Re: problem entering cheat code at splash screen

Thank you, Donald, and also to: ncmprhnsbl, Francois, and Ed_P for your patience and applied assistance. Since last post, I tried the noauto cheatcode and that worked in preventing the internal hard drive partitions' from being listed on the desktop and from being accessed. Someday I may discover th...
by oldumguy
26 Jul 2016, 19:18
Forum: Newbie questions
Topic: RE: [Solved] problem entering cheat code at splash screen
Replies: 9
Views: 3448

Re: problem entering cheat code at splash screen

Thanks Ed for your reply, It does report as you showed, and not as I typed: vmlinuz initrd=initrd.xz copy2ram timezone=US/Central volume=85% (I've got 3 sheets of my hand written notes in front of me and mis-read my own scribbling) I did add nohd to the end of the string with neither a dash, or a /,...
by oldumguy
26 Jul 2016, 18:54
Forum: Newbie questions
Topic: RE: [Solved] problem entering cheat code at splash screen
Replies: 9
Views: 3448

Re: problem entering cheat code at splash screen

Thanks ncmprhmsbl for pointing me in the right direction as I wanted to make the change permanent and the 'simpler approach' wasn't being accepted. I used the super user file manager and added nohd to the line as described, saved the file to proteus.cfg, it reported that it would overwrite the conte...
by oldumguy
26 Jul 2016, 15:52
Forum: Newbie questions
Topic: RE: [Solved] problem entering cheat code at splash screen
Replies: 9
Views: 3448

Re: problem entering cheat code at splash screen

Thanks for your replies and assistance on something that appears trivial and trust me -I feel stupid for asking. But here's the thing, entering <TAB> at the splash screen, it reports the following string: vmlinuz initrd=initrd.xz Copy to ram timezone = US/ Central volume = 85% The first thing I trie...
by oldumguy
26 Jul 2016, 03:32
Forum: Newbie questions
Topic: RE: [Solved] problem entering cheat code at splash screen
Replies: 9
Views: 3448

RE: [Solved] problem entering cheat code at splash screen

Hi, hoping someone will help an old guy who's aggravated himself trying to do something easy! -lol I have installed Porteus v3.1-86_64 on a 16gb flash stick. I've failed at adding cheat code: nohd. I get to the splash screen, tab to the window and printed there is: vmlinuz initrd=initrd.xz copy2ram ...