From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pop-a065d23.pas.sa.earthlink.net ([207.217.121.254]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CW1qZ-0006ia-00 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:14:23 -0500 Received: from user-10ib9c5.biz.mindspring.com ([65.37.165.133] helo=bruzos) by pop-a065d23.pas.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1CW1qY-00054m-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 16:14:22 -0800 Received: from bonny (user-10ib9c5.biz.mindspring.com [65.37.165.133]) by bruzos (Postfix) with SMTP id 83CD81002D for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:14:21 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <001001c4d028$3eaf94a0$0564a8c0@bonny> From: "David Bruzos" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000401c4d021$68cf70e0$6500a8c0@LAPTALK> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:14:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="windows-1250"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 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 00:14:23 -0000 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 see the operating system. So, when you get to the boot loader screen, 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 while and I don't remember having any problems like yours. Don't get discouraged however, Linux is a wonderful thing and the community around it is even more wonderful. After a year you will be amazed of the 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 ----- 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 -- 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