Frog 2 Startup Tool

[Archie D]

Hi all - unfortunately, I fear that this post may not get very far as most Frog 2 users have completely moved on (to my knowledge), but here goes..

On my Frog 2, I wish to access the ZerOS Startup Tool. Usually, you'd keep tapping F1 while the console is booting. If I do this on my Solution XL, it works as expected. Frog 2, nope...
After the console's blue BIOS splash screen on the external monitor saying "Loading, please wait..." disappears, I keep tapping/holding F1 but the console boots straight into the main ZerOS application. The tapping/holding down of F1 is mentioned both in the online manual, and in a comment by Simon (original software developer for Frog2OS - that's ZerOS now).

One theory that I've been thinking about - usually when updating the console with a bootable USB drive (old method), a screen would appear with an 'Update Software' button, I think that is using the Startup Tool application on the console's CF card (separate from the main ZerOS application). Even when I plug in a bootable USB or use the original 7.8.2.39 software CD to try and bring that update window up, still nothing. My conclusion is that the startup tool application doesn't actually exist on the desk's CF card.

At some time, I plan to open the console and extract the CF card, pop it into my CF reader and see if the Startup Tool application exists on it. If it doesn't, I think I would be able to extract it from the Solution CF card (from memory the Startup Tool is from 2007 across all desks, so I think it should work fine) and put it on the Frog 2 one. Before I do that, are they any ideas anybody may have as to why this is happening?

Many thanks for any assistance with this.
Archie