Any update on booting Problem

Any update on booting Problem

[Bruce Pfeiffer]

Dear listers:

I am enquiring on the kernal problems with slackware and speakup.  Do you
know of any updates to theboot disks.
Thanks for your help on this.


Bruce Pfeiffer

When life knocks you down, you've got to pick yourself up, dust yourself
off, and move on.
So build a bridge and get over it.
Web Site: http://brucep.freeservers.com

Re: Any update on booting Problem

[Victor Tsaran]

What do you mean by an update, Bruce? The text.gz root disk is broken, so I
suggest using color.gz. It works just fine.
Vic

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Pfeiffer" <starfire_7@mailandnews.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 4:54 PM
Subject: Any update on booting Problem


> Dear listers:
>
> I am enquiring on the kernal problems with slackware and speakup.  Do you
> know of any updates to theboot disks.
> Thanks for your help on this.
>
>
> Bruce Pfeiffer
>
> When life knocks you down, you've got to pick yourself up, dust yourself
> off, and move on.
> So build a bridge and get over it.
> Web Site: http://brucep.freeservers.com
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

RE: Any update on booting Problem

[Bruce Pfeiffer]

Dear Victor:

In regards to your question, I need a boot disk for Redhat and slackware
that will recognise newer com ports.  What has been happening is that when I
try to load either redhat or slackware, the machine freezes after boot, and
does not speak.  The reason for this could be that Speakup or the kernel
does not recognise machines with only 1 com and LPT port.  Hope this throws
some light on the subject.

Regards:
Bruce a. Pfeiffer
email: starfire_7@mailandnews.com

Re: Any update on booting Problem

[Victor Tsaran]

Hi, Bruce!
Are you sure that your synth is working fine? Usually, kernel with Speakup
would freeze the computer in case if it doesn't find any synthesizer and
doesn't receive any signals back from the serial port. If you are sure that
the cable on your synth is working fine, then try to pass speakup_ser
parameter to the kernel. You would type something like:

ramdisk speakup_ser=0

[or whatever port you are using]. Please make sure that the synthesizer you
are using is supported by Speakup.
Best,
Vic

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Pfeiffer" <starfire_7@mailandnews.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 9:17 AM
Subject: RE: Any update on booting Problem


> Dear Victor:
>
> In regards to your question, I need a boot disk for Redhat and slackware
> that will recognise newer com ports.  What has been happening is that when
I
> try to load either redhat or slackware, the machine freezes after boot,
and
> does not speak.  The reason for this could be that Speakup or the kernel
> does not recognise machines with only 1 com and LPT port.  Hope this
throws
> some light on the subject.
>
> Regards:
> Bruce a. Pfeiffer
> email: starfire_7@mailandnews.com
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: Any update on booting Problem

[Frank J. Carmickle]

The text.gz isn't broken as far as I can tell.  I used it with 7.0.  As
far as I can tell 7.1 works.  At least that is what I know from others.

FC



On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Victor Tsaran wrote:

> What do you mean by an update, Bruce? The text.gz root disk is broken, so I
> suggest using color.gz. It works just fine.
> Vic
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Pfeiffer" <starfire_7@mailandnews.com>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 4:54 PM
> Subject: Any update on booting Problem
> 
> 
> > Dear listers:
> >
> > I am enquiring on the kernal problems with slackware and speakup.  Do you
> > know of any updates to theboot disks.
> > Thanks for your help on this.
> >
> >
> > Bruce Pfeiffer
> >
> > When life knocks you down, you've got to pick yourself up, dust yourself
> > off, and move on.
> > So build a bridge and get over it.
> > Web Site: http://brucep.freeservers.com
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

Re: Any update on booting Problem

[Tommy Moore]

Um, from what I can remember for some reason the color.gz root disk seems to be broken and I think the one that is on the major ftp sites is broken so don't know what to tell you guys. The reason why I say this is because the root disk isn't modified to make the slackware install disks so must be something with the default ones.

I don't know if this works or not, but I wonder what would happen if you used the 7.0 root disk to install the system. Never tried it, but it might work.

Tommy.

Re: Any update on booting Problem

[Victor Tsaran]

Well, it didn't work with any of my machines. It would abort the installation
at the point where it had to start reading from the CDROM. It would say
something likea: "Slackware cannot access your source media device correctly".
COlor.gz didn't have any such problems.
Regards,
VIc

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank J. Carmickle" <frankiec@braille.uwo.ca>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: Any update on booting Problem


| The text.gz isn't broken as far as I can tell.  I used it with 7.0.  As
| far as I can tell 7.1 works.  At least that is what I know from others.
|
| FC
|
|
|
| On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Victor Tsaran wrote:
|
| > What do you mean by an update, Bruce? The text.gz root disk is broken, so
I
| > suggest using color.gz. It works just fine.
| > Vic
| >
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: "Bruce Pfeiffer" <starfire_7@mailandnews.com>
| > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
| > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 4:54 PM
| > Subject: Any update on booting Problem
| >
| >
| > > Dear listers:
| > >
| > > I am enquiring on the kernal problems with slackware and speakup.  Do
you
| > > know of any updates to theboot disks.
| > > Thanks for your help on this.
| > >
| > >
| > > Bruce Pfeiffer
| > >
| > > When life knocks you down, you've got to pick yourself up, dust yourself
| > > off, and move on.
| > > So build a bridge and get over it.
| > > Web Site: http://brucep.freeservers.com
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > > _______________________________________________
| > > Speakup mailing list
| > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
| > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
| >
| >
| > _______________________________________________
| > Speakup mailing list
| > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
| > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
| >
|
|
| _______________________________________________
| Speakup mailing list
| Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
| http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup