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* zip speak
@  Glenn Ervin
   ` Janina Sajka
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Ervin @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux - speakup

I just installed zipspeak, so I could get some linux under my belt before
installing RedHat.
I encountered an error, and I would like some feedback please.
I got the final message:
kernel panic vfs error mounting fs 0300
Or something very similar.
I had made more progress with this attempt after I changed the root to hda
from hda1
the zipspeak is installed on c:\linux by default.
This is installed on my 80 GB harddrive.
I remember some of the speakup keystrokes, but I am not sure what to do if
it actually works.
I believe it may ask for a password, and it seems like it is:
passwrd
and there was something about user name I believe.
I sure hope someone cane give me some suggestions on the first problem, as
well as an idea of what to expect when it works.
Thanks in advance!


"Live long and prosper",
O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny)
N0YJV
Northeast Nebraska
e-mail:
glennervin@cableone.net
The above address can also be found on MSM.
or my work e-mail:
gErvin@ncbvi.state.ne.us




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* Re: zip speak
   ` Janina Sajka
@    ` Glenn Ervin
       ` Igor Gueths
       ` Janina Sajka
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Ervin @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Hi Janina,
I guess I am just paranoid about installing Linux for the first time, and I
would rather screw up zipspeak, than screw up my first install of RedHat.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@rednote.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: zip speak


Don't bother with zipspeak. You're wasting your time given that you have
an entire drive to devote to Linux. You have nothing in jeopardy and
nothing to lose. Install the Red Hat you downloaded and learn from
something that's up to date.


Glenn Ervin writes:
> From: "Glenn Ervin" <glennervin@cableone.net>
>
> I just installed zipspeak, so I could get some linux under my belt before
> installing RedHat.
> I encountered an error, and I would like some feedback please.
> I got the final message:
> kernel panic vfs error mounting fs 0300
> Or something very similar.
> I had made more progress with this attempt after I changed the root to hda
> from hda1
> the zipspeak is installed on c:\linux by default.
> This is installed on my 80 GB harddrive.
> I remember some of the speakup keystrokes, but I am not sure what to do if
> it actually works.
> I believe it may ask for a password, and it seems like it is:
> passwrd
> and there was something about user name I believe.
> I sure hope someone cane give me some suggestions on the first problem, as
> well as an idea of what to expect when it works.
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> "Live long and prosper",
> O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny)
> N0YJV
> Northeast Nebraska
> e-mail:
> glennervin@cableone.net
> The above address can also be found on MSM.
> or my work e-mail:
> gErvin@ncbvi.state.ne.us
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

--

Janina Sajka, Director
Technology Research and Development
Governmental Relations Group
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175

_______________________________________________
Speakup mailing list
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* Re: zip speak
   zip speak Glenn Ervin
@  ` Janina Sajka
     ` Glenn Ervin
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Janina Sajka @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Don't bother with zipspeak. You're wasting your time given that you have
an entire drive to devote to Linux. You have nothing in jeopardy and
nothing to lose. Install the Red Hat you downloaded and learn from
something that's up to date.


Glenn Ervin writes:
> From: "Glenn Ervin" <glennervin@cableone.net>
> 
> I just installed zipspeak, so I could get some linux under my belt before
> installing RedHat.
> I encountered an error, and I would like some feedback please.
> I got the final message:
> kernel panic vfs error mounting fs 0300
> Or something very similar.
> I had made more progress with this attempt after I changed the root to hda
> from hda1
> the zipspeak is installed on c:\linux by default.
> This is installed on my 80 GB harddrive.
> I remember some of the speakup keystrokes, but I am not sure what to do if
> it actually works.
> I believe it may ask for a password, and it seems like it is:
> passwrd
> and there was something about user name I believe.
> I sure hope someone cane give me some suggestions on the first problem, as
> well as an idea of what to expect when it works.
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> 
> "Live long and prosper",
> O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny)
> N0YJV
> Northeast Nebraska
> e-mail:
> glennervin@cableone.net
> The above address can also be found on MSM.
> or my work e-mail:
> gErvin@ncbvi.state.ne.us
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

-- 
	
				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina@afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175


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* Re: zip speak
     ` Glenn Ervin
@      ` Igor Gueths
       ` Janina Sajka
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Igor Gueths @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Well you have an entire drive to devote to it, so why not? All you will
have to do if something goes bye bye is blow away the distro anyway.

May you code in the power of the source,
may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you,
throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch.

On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Glenn Ervin wrote:

> Hi Janina,
> I guess I am just paranoid about installing Linux for the first time, and I
> would rather screw up zipspeak, than screw up my first install of RedHat.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@rednote.net>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:58 AM
> Subject: Re: zip speak
>
>
> Don't bother with zipspeak. You're wasting your time given that you have
> an entire drive to devote to Linux. You have nothing in jeopardy and
> nothing to lose. Install the Red Hat you downloaded and learn from
> something that's up to date.
>
>
> Glenn Ervin writes:
> > From: "Glenn Ervin" <glennervin@cableone.net>
> >
> > I just installed zipspeak, so I could get some linux under my belt before
> > installing RedHat.
> > I encountered an error, and I would like some feedback please.
> > I got the final message:
> > kernel panic vfs error mounting fs 0300
> > Or something very similar.
> > I had made more progress with this attempt after I changed the root to hda
> > from hda1
> > the zipspeak is installed on c:\linux by default.
> > This is installed on my 80 GB harddrive.
> > I remember some of the speakup keystrokes, but I am not sure what to do if
> > it actually works.
> > I believe it may ask for a password, and it seems like it is:
> > passwrd
> > and there was something about user name I believe.
> > I sure hope someone cane give me some suggestions on the first problem, as
> > well as an idea of what to expect when it works.
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> >
> > "Live long and prosper",
> > O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny)
> > N0YJV
> > Northeast Nebraska
> > e-mail:
> > glennervin@cableone.net
> > The above address can also be found on MSM.
> > or my work e-mail:
> > gErvin@ncbvi.state.ne.us
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> --
>
> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
>
> Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>



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* Re: zip speak
     ` Glenn Ervin
       ` Igor Gueths
@      ` Janina Sajka
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Janina Sajka @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Yes, it's obvious. But it's unwarranted.

There are only two ways you can go wrong. Get these two right, and you
can make all the mistakes in the world and lose nothing, absolutely
nothing. What two things:

1.)	Don't format the wrong disk. You'll get lots of warnings, by
the way, so you would have to be really mindless to miss this one. Pay
attention. The installer will provide all kinds of information about the
available disks. Choose the empty one--the one you've set aside for
Linux. It'll be called something like /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc depending on
how its attached.

2.)	You need to get the boot loader right. Actually, if you miss
this one, it's not the end of the world either, because we can get it
all back easily, especially if you create the emergency boot floppy when
prompted.

I would still suggest you choose lilo, so that you can best setup to get
prompts you can hear during the booting process.

The lilo configuration screen will offer to boot other OS, such as
Windows. It'll probably even spot your Windows partition and give it a
boot label.

The rest doesn't matter. It's a learning process. You'll almost
certainly get something wrong, and that's OK. None of us got it all
right on the first go around. Did you see that part in our HOWTO which
says "your first installation will almost certainly not be your last?"
Tis is exactly what we meant.

Glenn Ervin writes:
> From: "Glenn Ervin" <glennervin@cableone.net>
> 
> Hi Janina,
> I guess I am just paranoid about installing Linux for the first time, and I
> would rather screw up zipspeak, than screw up my first install of RedHat.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@rednote.net>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:58 AM
> Subject: Re: zip speak
> 
> 
> Don't bother with zipspeak. You're wasting your time given that you have
> an entire drive to devote to Linux. You have nothing in jeopardy and
> nothing to lose. Install the Red Hat you downloaded and learn from
> something that's up to date.
> 
> 
> Glenn Ervin writes:
> > From: "Glenn Ervin" <glennervin@cableone.net>
> >
> > I just installed zipspeak, so I could get some linux under my belt before
> > installing RedHat.
> > I encountered an error, and I would like some feedback please.
> > I got the final message:
> > kernel panic vfs error mounting fs 0300
> > Or something very similar.
> > I had made more progress with this attempt after I changed the root to hda
> > from hda1
> > the zipspeak is installed on c:\linux by default.
> > This is installed on my 80 GB harddrive.
> > I remember some of the speakup keystrokes, but I am not sure what to do if
> > it actually works.
> > I believe it may ask for a password, and it seems like it is:
> > passwrd
> > and there was something about user name I believe.
> > I sure hope someone cane give me some suggestions on the first problem, as
> > well as an idea of what to expect when it works.
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> >
> > "Live long and prosper",
> > O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny)
> > N0YJV
> > Northeast Nebraska
> > e-mail:
> > glennervin@cableone.net
> > The above address can also be found on MSM.
> > or my work e-mail:
> > gErvin@ncbvi.state.ne.us
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> --
> 
> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
> Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 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

-- 
	
				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina@afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175


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* zip speak
@  Nick Gawronski
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Nick Gawronski @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

      Hi, Where can I get the zip speak version of linux that can run
under dos or windows?  I can't find it on the zip speak web page?  bye 



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