From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20] helo=mail.gmx.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16hAV0-0005zK-00 for ; Sat, 02 Mar 2002 09:28:34 -0500 Received: (qmail 16846 invoked by uid 0); 2 Mar 2002 14:28:04 -0000 Received: from dhcp037-50-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.50.37) by mail.gmx.net (mp002-rz3) with SMTP; 2 Mar 2002 14:28:04 -0000 Message-ID: <004401c1c1f6$71e2f760$25329718@ubr.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: <001b01c1b64c$99609d20$7f7ef59b@essex.ac.uk> <002001c1b67d$16118a20$02b05b18@mycomputer> <003b01c1c177$e7295840$6501a8c0@alxndr01.va.comcast.net> Subject: Re: can't load zipspeak Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 09:27:54 -0500 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: 2.0.8 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: You can get partition magic to partition your drive. There is an option to create a fat or fat32 partition. Email me and I'll tell whare to get it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amanda Lee" To: Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 6:22 PM Subject: Re: can't load zipspeak > Yeah but can't you partition off a piece of the HD for Linux such that it > has it's own format? I was going to do this with my new Notebook and now > you tell me! along with no lousy serial port! Guess I'll have to tear down > the whole lousy mess and put Win98/SE on there and I didn't want to do that. > sigh ... > > Amanda Lee > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Igor Gueths" > To: > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 7:01 PM > Subject: Re: can't load zipspeak > > > Hi. First, xp and linux can't coexist on the same machine. They just create > problems. You're better off getting something like win98 to coexist with > linux. This is because it uses phat32, and things like the debian > installation support phat32 for mounting hd filesystems when installing > rescue.bin and the bass system packages. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ameer Armaly > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 6:10 PM > Subject: Re: can't load zipspeak > > > I think I know why. I use XP, and have ntfs for my file system. How > would I go about creating a dos partition if I don't have fdisk? Is there > another program to do so? > Thanks > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Saqib Shaikh > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:14 PM > Subject: Re: can't load zipspeak > > > I'm not sure about your problem without more info, but yes, Zipspeak has > been updated to Speakup 1.0 and Slackware 8.0. It's been on the Speakup > site for a few months now. > > Saqib > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ameer Armaly > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 4:30 PM > Subject: can't load zipspeak > > > Hi list. My name is Ameer Armaly, and I'm a newbe to linux. I've > never successfully loaded linux before, for reasons forgotten. Anyway, I > tried it again, but now I have windows xp which doesn't support real mode > dos, so a boot floppy was needed. I wrote a bood disk wit windows > rawwrite. It booted with "boot:", after which I hit enter without typing > anything. It sat for about five minutes, saying "mounting root...". Does > anybody know a way to help? Also, is zipspeak updated to the latest speakup > and slackware? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >