From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rhombus.bright.net ([205.212.123.75]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16N3f8-0007cG-00 for ; Sat, 05 Jan 2002 22:07:54 -0500 Received: from tward (woos-max1-cs-45.dial.bright.net [209.143.18.64]) by rhombus.bright.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id g0637tHB011280 for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2002 22:07:57 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <008801c1965f$58c74b40$0100a8c0@tward> From: "Thomas Ward" To: References: Subject: Re: Back from the "parted" beyond. (f Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 21:56:15 -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 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 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: It sounds like your floppy drive is dying. As floppy drives get older they seam to have longer access times. Also try a different floppy disk. You might try a different disk first, and if that doesn't fix the problem start observing how a Windows boot disk loads. If All the disks take a long time to load like i said there is some chance the floppy drive is starting to go. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Murphy To: Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 1:28 PM Subject: Re: Back from the "parted" beyond. (f > Sorry my explanation was incorrect. the big delay occurs before speakup > starts talking. the floppy sits there and just clunks away for about 7 to > 10 minutes, then eventually speakup starts up, and the installation > proceeded as normal. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup