From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.65]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HwQoy-000848-00 for ; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:51:12 -0400 Received: from [63.228.150.209] (helo=bookpc) by elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.34) id 1HwQoU-0002kT-3G for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:50:42 -0400 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.5.472 [269.8.11/838]); Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:49:55 -0700 Message-ID: <002501c7a956$2aabc410$0200a8c0@bookpc> From: "Gregory Nowak" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000301c7a933$64de3960$6901a8c0@YOUR3ADE1B78A3><20070607190124.GA21667@cm.nu> Subject: Re: Regarding running Linux with Speakup under a virtual machinewith Windows XP Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 15:49:42 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-ELNK-Trace: cf6b0fd4be3eb51394f5150ab1c16ac0c864d17e3813b99a2d3a961f76b4d3ad32edb724a0c8e940350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 63.228.150.209 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:51:12 -0000 Another option is to use ntldr, the windows nt loader. There is a minihowto describing how to do this under winnt4, but I can tell you from experience that if you follow that, the procedure under winxp at least is exactly the same as described. Greg -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Whapples" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 2:15 PM Subject: Re: Regarding running Linux with Speakup under a virtual machinewith Windows XP > To add another option, it is possible to set up dual boot on the > computer and make windows the default. If you think the lilo, grub or > other boot loader screen would be off-putting to the rest of your > family, you can install lilo (I don't know about grub) to a floppy disk, > and leave the windows boot loader on the HD, so when you want linux > stick the lilo disk in. I guess you could actually install lilo to any > disk that you could boot from, eg. USB storage devices, etc. NOTE: with > this it is only the boot loader on the removable media, the OS is still > on the HD and so will behave as you would want and expect. I don't know > if other distros offer installing the boot loader to other places like > floppy, but I know slackware allows lilo on a floppy from the installer > (any distro should be able to install lilo to a floppy but you may need > to do it once it is installed). > > From > Michael Whapples