From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fl-mta01.durocom.com ([216.53.195.242]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16NOGH-0004gt-00 for ; Sun, 06 Jan 2002 20:07:37 -0500 Received: from angeloso ([205.245.120.112]) by fl-mta01.durocom.com with SMTP id <20020107010920.DALH1137.fl-mta01@angeloso> for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 20:09:20 -0500 Message-ID: <004b01c19730$dcd426c0$7078f5cd@angeloso> From: "Angelo Sonnesso" To: References: Subject: Re: Back from the "parted" beyond. (f Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 19:49:38 -0800 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 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 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 List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I DID THE SAME THING, AND YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT mSBACKUP. it WAS WORTHLESS. took ME A WEEK TO GET THINGS ALMOST BACK TO NORMAL. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Murphy" To: Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 8:57 AM Subject: Back from the "parted" beyond. (f > > > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 10:30:25 -0500 (EST) > From: Dan Murphy > To: Speakup list > Subject: Back from the "parted" beyond. > > Hello listers. > Last week, I posted a question about partitioning a drive with Windows > already on it, and Parted was recommended. I downloaded it from the > speakup site and attempted to use it. Well I am now, sadly, only a little > sadly, "parted" from my windows partition. (grin) > I'm not going to blame the program, rather just my ineptitude and lack of > experience. So, now that I was back to square one, and I am not certain > whan I can get sighted assistance to reinstall the MS monster, I > partitioned the drive in 2 parts. The first 10 G for the eventual > Windows, and the remainder including a good size 345MB swap partition. > for linux. I have installed Slackware 8.0 on it, but I have a few > questions. When I go to use the installation boot disk with speakup on > it, after I type "ramdisk speakup_synth=dtlk", it loads up but it takes > something on the order of 10 minutes to do so. > this is a 500 MHZ Pentium 3 with 128 MB of ram. Should I rebuild the > installation floppy, or is there something I should type differently at > the boot prompt? > I must say, though, it is nice to watch Linux purr along on that as > oposed to this little P166 with only 40 MB of ram. > Thanks, and please excuse the rambling. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >