From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp-relay-2.tamu.edu ([128.194.103.91]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16PnWt-0001fa-00 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:30:44 -0500 Received: from reinhard3 (dhcp-128-194-23-11.resnet.tamu.edu [128.194.23.11]) by smtp-relay-2.tamu.edu (8.11.4/8.11.4) with SMTP id g0DGUkp36504 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:30:46 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <002101c19c4f$bee7db60$0b17c280@resnet.tamu.edu> From: "Reinhard Stebner" To: References: <000d01c19bf0$3c1749a0$0b17c280@resnet.tamu.edu> <20020112233516.D354@uic.edu> <000601c19bf5$751e5720$0b17c280@resnet.tamu.edu> <20020113100114.A335@uic.edu> Subject: Re: installing slackware 8.0 with speakup Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:31:26 -0600 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: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Reinhard Stebner" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: so, what do I do if I chose not to make the Linux partition not bootable? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" To: Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:01 AM Subject: Re: installing slackware 8.0 with speakup > No, they should both be made bootable. > Greg > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 11:45:07PM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote: > > should I go back in make the windows partition bootable and the Linux not? > > > > Thanks for your help. I just wish speakup would do a better job with menus. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gregory Nowak" > > To: > > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 11:35 PM > > Subject: Re: installing slackware 8.0 with speakup > > > > > > > After you press enter on that first option, your floppy should spin, and > > you'll be dropped back into that menu. Arrow down to the last choice which > > should exit the menu. This should be correct, although I can't remember > > exactly how that particular section of the installlll goes. > > > > > > After you get through the kernel menu, you will install lilo. Once lilo is > > installed and the setup is over, when you reboot, type "linux" at the prompt > > that comes up, or hit enter to get into windows. Feel free to ask if this is > > not clear or if you have more questions. Linux installs can be scary > > sometimes, especially if you haven't done one before. > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 11:07:43PM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote: > > > > Hi all, I am in the middle of installing slackware 8.0 on my older > > machine. > > > > Right now, I am at the menu where I should select witch kernal I would > > like > > > > to use for Linux. Well, my question is this. No matter what I do, I > > can > > > > not get out of the menu. I am trying to select the first choice which > > is > > > > > > > > boot disk use the kernal from the installation boot disk > > > > > > > > When I try this I press enter with speakup saying the fraise above. > > > > > > > > Second question, how do I make win 98 boot again on this machine? I > > have > > > > not rebooted the machine since I started the install of Linux. I am a > > frad > > > > to because I do not know how to get back to windows. > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help. Just wondering how to tell slackware that I am > > wanting > > > > the boot disk option. When the menu first came up I had pressed enter > > > > thinking that it would except the default choice witch was > > > > > > > > boot disk use the kernal from the installation boot disk > > > > > > > > Thanks for nay help. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >