From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from static-1m-b1-208.highspeed.eol.ca ([64.56.237.208] helo=bmoore.homeip.net ident=qmailr) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16U7fB-0006HP-00 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:49:09 -0500 Received: (qmail 17874 invoked by uid 8); 25 Jan 2002 14:49:09 -0000 Received: from gw.frontiercomputing.on.ca (216.123.24.59, claiming to be "bmoore") by static-1M-b1-208.highspeed.eol.ca with SMTP id smtpd3vGtod; Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:49:06 EST Message-ID: <000601c1a5af$48b3fe60$1f00a8c0@bmoore> From: "Brian Moore" To: References: Subject: Re: Speakup added to another distro Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:47:54 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: HI. tried this one and the default installation kernel wouldn't talk for me. perhaps the cd I made was broken but don't think so. I think there might be a screen before the boot prompt though which I wouldn't know about. will play a little more on the week end and see if I can get it working. Brian. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Wood" To: Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 8:35 AM Subject: Re: Speakup added to another distro > > Heh yeah, adding speakup to more distros is a good thing. The bad part > > about this one though is to install you must burn on to cd can't really > > modify a floppy or anything like that to get it going. > > Actually, you should be able to copy the boot file to a floppy. The method > a CD uses to boot is there must be an image file of a floppy disk. This is > what is actually booted from. Copy the image to a floppy and you can boot > from floppy (though you probably still need the CD available). > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net > > Nowlan's Theory: > He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from > the next freeway exit. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >