From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [205.212.123.7] (helo=tiberius.bright.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15qqWL-0006Q7-00 for ; Tue, 09 Oct 2001 02:37:42 -0400 Received: from j8i3x3 ([209.143.18.27]) by tiberius.bright.net with SMTP id <20011009063733.TLZC700.tiberius@j8i3x3> for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 02:37:33 -0400 Message-ID: <001001c1508c$afbc95e0$1b128fd1@j8i3x3> From: "Thomas Ward" To: References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011008073745.009eac40@pop3.eskimo.com> <001201c15082$2b8cc1a0$0300a8c0@elcjn1.sdca.home.com> Subject: Re: DEC Express problem Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 02:36:10 -0400 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 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 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: Here is what the rw and ro options are for. RW allows you to load Linux with read write permitions. The ro option sets the permition to read only. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Baechler" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 1:20 AM Subject: Re: DEC Express problem > Hello Adam. I have at least a temporary batch file solution in place. > However, perhaps I was unclear. I do not need to know how to set up the > batch file, but what command line to pass to the kernel. I assume, then, > that I should pass the root paramter, followed by ro for read only and the > synthesizer setup, right? On my system, it is root=/dev/hda8 which is a > logical drive. That is probably why lilo would not work. I have never > found any clear documentation on why I would make it rw or ro when passing > to the kernel. This seems to effect the file system somehow and I know > not to use ro with umsdos, but am not sure otherwise. It seems to read > and write fine regardless. > > The DEC Express problem I mentioned seems to be a new thing with version > 0.10. I never had that problem before and there seems to be no way around > it. I can temporarily reset it by echoing "p" to /proc/speakup/voice but > as soon as I shut up speech it resets itself again. I would like some way > around this short of compiling a kernel until I have more experience on > the admin end. > > Yes, I am positive that lilo would not work. I installed it twice and it > always bombed out. I have worked around the problem by copying a working > kernel to the Windows end and using loadlin. If I hold down "z" while > rebooting, I have a program which I wrote to automatically exit the > standard autoexec.bat and switch to Linux instead. I will compile and > upload it if anyone else is interested. > > Also, Adam, have you got a2 (the Apple II emulator) working under Linux? > I know it compiles, but has a bad habbit of constantly repeating track and > sector information. There is a patch to fix that or a line to remove or > something, but I am not sure what it is. If you could please look into > this I would appreciate it. Thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup