From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com ([216.148.227.88]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17AgAC-00084o-00 for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 20:09:04 -0400 Received: from mycomputer ([24.62.38.156]) by rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020523000837.TSNO2751.rwcrmhc52.attbi.com@mycomputer> for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 00:08:37 +0000 Message-ID: <002501c201ed$a68c88a0$02263e18@mycomputer> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: <019301c201e4$96cf8970$6401a8c0@6S4X011> Subject: Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 20:06:12 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 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 all. The problem in his case is that winblows xp won't give him = explicit access to the floppy drive, saying that the floppy controler = has failed. As a result, he can't access the drive from a cmd prompt. = And he doesn't currently have a machine running w98 from which he could = boot into real mode dos. He could possibly use winwrite.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Erik Heil To: Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 7:01 PM Subject: Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO > Hi, > Thanks for the suggestion. i'm currently running Windoes XP and can't > successfully create the boot disk using rawrite. But Thanks for the > suggestion. BTW, are their any plans to update the ISO with at least = the > current kernels from kernerl.org? Or are we going to just use Woody? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:10 PM > Subject: Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO >=20 >=20 > > Hi, Erik: > > > > You can boot from a special floppy. The images for creating the > > bootable floppy are on the first CD ROM in the /images directory. > > The tools you can use to create the bootable floppy are in a > > directory on the first CD ROM called /dosutils. > > > > The image you need to use is probably boot.img. To be sure, you > > might want to follow our guide on installation available at: > > > > > > http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html > > > > Good luck, and don't hesitate to ask for help. > > > > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Erik Heil wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone. I recently obtained and downloaded the ISO = containing > Speakup pre-compiled into it. However, I'm unable to boot from the = CD. > Note that this machine's BIOS does support booting off the CD. Do any = of > you have any suggestions? BC I'm anxious to get Linux on this box and > totally do away with the NTFS filesystem which presently occupies one = of the > two HD's. The second is just a standard FAT filesystem. This is a = 166MHZ > box with 64MB of RAM and one 1.6 and one 2.6GZ HD. Thanks for any = help that > anyone of you could provide. This also has an internal DoubleTalk PC = coard. > To write the ISO's, I used EZ CD Creator under Windblows. > > > --Erik > > > > > > God Bless, > > > Erik > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup