From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from nsfone.fone.net ([206.168.68.96]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1ExuF9-0005v9-00 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:51:31 -0500 Received: from mail2.fone.net (mail2.fone.net [206.168.68.165]) by nsfone.fone.net (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0EMoYgO002810 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 15:50:34 -0700 (MST) Received: from grandmasfury (ftcw30.ftc.fone.net [207.174.192.34]) by mail2.fone.net (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) with SMTP id k0EMoinQ004954 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 15:50:49 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <006801c6195c$fccd0ca0$6501a8c0@grandmasfury> From: "Tyler Littlefield" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <002a01c6192d$78ce5a50$6501a8c0@grandmasfury><20060114195427.GA29680@localhost.localdomain><000a01c6194c$fd0ca0f0$6501a8c0@grandmasfury> <20060114223410.GA31780@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: help with install of debian and speakup!? Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 15:50:48 -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 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-PMX-Version: 4.7.1.128075, Antispam-Engine: 2.2.0.0, Antispam-Data: 2006.01.14.140307 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 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: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 22:51:31 -0000 I checked the docs, but I didn't see a whole lot on my error... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:34 PM Subject: Re: help with install of debian and speakup!? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ok, I don't understand why you're resetting the bios. Going that route > just complicates things because you're now going from hardware that > you knew worked properly, to hardware which may or may not be working > properly now due to perhaps misconfigured cmos settings. I'll say this > again, go read debian's install docs. They're very well written, > almost to the point of repeatedly beleaguering every point from the > perspective of > someone like myself, who has an idea of what he/she is doing. > > As for if your machine can boot from cd-rom, there should be a boot > from cd option in your cmos setup. If not, you might be able to use > smart boot manager, for which I don't remember the url right now, to > boot from cd using a floppy disk. There are debian boot floppies, but > some recent posts to this list suggested that they're not > speakup-enabled. > > Again, I can't say this enough, go read the docs. > > Greg > > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 01:56:22PM -0700, Tyler Littlefield wrote: >> OK, I reset the bios with the jumper, and restored defaults, every time I >> restart, I got rid of that invalid disk error, but now I see invalid >> system >> disk. Is there a floppy disk or something that will give me a >> linux-bootable >> partition? >> Also, how do I know if this computer will boot from cds? is there a way >> to >> get a floppy to start the install? I think there is still some dos >> installed >> on there. >> Thanks, > > - -- > 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDyXxi7s9z/XlyUyARAuaxAJ9KmpUQfLAorTGJfMEQ8gMcEn2fZwCgkdC1 > XLLkVwt7ZrFpMjMlou8najU= > =3rzm > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup