From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lakermmtao01.cox.net ([68.230.240.38]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CW1zT-0006ol-00 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:23:35 -0500 Received: from LAPTALK ([68.100.249.82]) by lakermmtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-117-20041022) with ESMTP id <20041122002305.DCDN22871.lakermmtao01.cox.net@LAPTALK> for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:23:05 -0500 From: "Kenneth Lee" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:23:04 -0500 Message-ID: <000501c4d029$6eca8860$6500a8c0@LAPTALK> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 In-Reply-To: <001001c4d028$3eaf94a0$0564a8c0@bonny> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: Installing Fedora - boot loader X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 00:23:35 -0000 Thanks for the encouragement. I know I will eventually succeed, if I = have to install a hundred times! I'm on my third time now. I'm still not = sure how to do the "initrd", but I'll keep googling around and find the right howto. Regards, Ken -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca = [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of David Bruzos Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 7:15 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: Installing Fedora - boot loader Hello Ken: Yes, you need a boot loader! If you don't install grub there will be no = boot info in the master boot record of the hard disc and your BIOS will = not=20 see the operating system. So, when you get to the boot loader screen,=20 select grub and put it to the MBR (master boot record). If you do that, you should be able to boot after you restart... About your other problem I am not sure. I have not installed Fedora in = a=20 while and I don't remember having any problems like yours. Don't get discouraged however, Linux is a wonderful thing and the = community=20 around it is even more wonderful. After a year you will be amazed of = the=20 things you can do with your Linux machine. It was hard at first for me, = but once I understood what was going on, everything got easier and easier... David B. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Kenneth Lee" To: Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 6:25 PM Subject: Installing Fedora - boot loader Hello all, I've been trying all weekend to get Phedora installed. This = is my first time to install any kind of Linux and well... It's not going = well. I've been reading the howto's I found on linux-speakup.org but the description in the howto do not match with the screens I'm getting. The howto says nothing about what to do for the "boot load manager" (do = I need the grub loader?) and at one point near the end, the howto says to press Alt+F2 and you'll get a "#" prompt. But I only get a /blahblah something prompt and it will not accept any commands. The last message from the install says it is safe to reboot, but when I = did I just get the message "no operating system found". FYI, I'm trying to put this on a Dell GX1 500Mhz PC with 128MB ram and = 12GB HD. I downloaded the 4 images from the linux-speakup page and varified = they are good. I did the automatic partition because linux will be the only = os on this system. The synthesizer is a DecTalk express. Thanks for any help. Ken --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.1 - Release Date: 11/19/2004 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup=20 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup --=20 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.1 - Release Date: 11/19/2004 =20 --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.1 - Release Date: 11/19/2004 =20