2.2R6 Speakup ISO

2.2R6 Speakup ISO

[Erik Heil]

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Hi everyone.  I recently obtained and downloaded the ISO containing Speakup pre-compiled into it.  However, I'm unable to boot from the CD.  Note that this machine's BIOS does support booting off the CD.  Do any of you have any suggestions?  BC I'm anxious to get Linux on this box and totally do away with the NTFS filesystem which presently occupies one of the two HD's.  The second is just a standard FAT filesystem.  This is a 166MHZ box with 64MB of RAM and one 1.6 and one 2.6GZ HD.  Thanks for any help that anyone of you could provide.  This also has an internal DoubleTalk PC coard.  To write the ISO's, I used EZ CD Creator under Windblows. 
--Erik 

God Bless, 
Erik  
<eheil@rcn.com> 

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Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Erik:

You can boot from a special floppy. The images for creating the
bootable floppy are on the first CD ROM in the /images directory.
The tools you can use to create the bootable floppy are in a
directory on the first CD ROM called /dosutils.

The image you need to use is probably boot.img. To be sure, you
might want to follow our guide on installation available at:


http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html

Good luck, and don't hesitate to ask for help.

On Wed, 22 May 2002, Erik Heil wrote:

> Hi everyone.  I recently obtained and downloaded the ISO containing Speakup pre-compiled into it.  However, I'm unable to boot from the CD.  Note that this machine's BIOS does support booting off the CD.  Do any of you have any suggestions?  BC I'm anxious to get Linux on this box and totally do away with the NTFS filesystem which presently occupies one of the two HD's.  The second is just a standard FAT filesystem.  This is a 166MHZ box with 64MB of RAM and one 1.6 and one 2.6GZ HD.  Thanks for any help that anyone of you could provide.  This also has an internal DoubleTalk PC coard.  To write the ISO's, I used EZ CD Creator under Windblows. 
> --Erik 
> 
> God Bless, 
> Erik  
> <eheil@rcn.com> 
> 

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

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

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org

Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO

[Janina Sajka]

Ooopps. Pardon my last response as I'm not so sure that was meant
for the Speakup Modified Red Hat Distribution. My advice is
probably not far off, regardless.

Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO

[Erik Heil]

Hi,
Thanks for the suggestion. i'm currently running Windoes XP and can't
successfully create the boot disk using rawrite. But Thanks for the
suggestion. BTW, are their any plans to update the ISO with at least the
current kernels from kernerl.org?  Or are we going to just use Woody?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@afb.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO


> Hi, Erik:
>
> You can boot from a special floppy. The images for creating the
> bootable floppy are on the first CD ROM in the /images directory.
> The tools you can use to create the bootable floppy are in a
> directory on the first CD ROM called /dosutils.
>
> The image you need to use is probably boot.img. To be sure, you
> might want to follow our guide on installation available at:
>
>
> http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html
>
> Good luck, and don't hesitate to ask for help.
>
> On Wed, 22 May 2002, Erik Heil wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone.  I recently obtained and downloaded the ISO containing
Speakup pre-compiled into it.  However, I'm unable to boot from the CD.
Note that this machine's BIOS does support booting off the CD.  Do any of
you have any suggestions?  BC I'm anxious to get Linux on this box and
totally do away with the NTFS filesystem which presently occupies one of the
two HD's.  The second is just a standard FAT filesystem.  This is a 166MHZ
box with 64MB of RAM and one 1.6 and one 2.6GZ HD.  Thanks for any help that
anyone of you could provide.  This also has an internal DoubleTalk PC coard.
To write the ISO's, I used EZ CD Creator under Windblows.
> > --Erik
> >
> > God Bless,
> > Erik
> > <eheil@rcn.com>
> >
>
> --
>
> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
>
> Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
>
> Chair, Accessibility SIG
> Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> http://www.openebook.org
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO

[Igor Gueths]

Hi all. The problem in his case is that winblows xp won't give him explicit access to the floppy drive, saying that the floppy controler has failed. As a result, he can't access the drive from a cmd prompt. And he doesn't currently have a machine running w98 from which he could boot into real mode dos. He could possibly use winwrite. 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Erik Heil <eheil@rcn.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO


> Hi,
> Thanks for the suggestion. i'm currently running Windoes XP and can't
> successfully create the boot disk using rawrite. But Thanks for the
> suggestion. BTW, are their any plans to update the ISO with at least the
> current kernels from kernerl.org?  Or are we going to just use Woody?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@afb.net>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:10 PM
> Subject: Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO
> 
> 
> > Hi, Erik:
> >
> > You can boot from a special floppy. The images for creating the
> > bootable floppy are on the first CD ROM in the /images directory.
> > The tools you can use to create the bootable floppy are in a
> > directory on the first CD ROM called /dosutils.
> >
> > The image you need to use is probably boot.img. To be sure, you
> > might want to follow our guide on installation available at:
> >
> >
> > http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html
> >
> > Good luck, and don't hesitate to ask for help.
> >
> > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Erik Heil wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone.  I recently obtained and downloaded the ISO containing
> Speakup pre-compiled into it.  However, I'm unable to boot from the CD.
> Note that this machine's BIOS does support booting off the CD.  Do any of
> you have any suggestions?  BC I'm anxious to get Linux on this box and
> totally do away with the NTFS filesystem which presently occupies one of the
> two HD's.  The second is just a standard FAT filesystem.  This is a 166MHZ
> box with 64MB of RAM and one 1.6 and one 2.6GZ HD.  Thanks for any help that
> anyone of you could provide.  This also has an internal DoubleTalk PC coard.
> To write the ISO's, I used EZ CD Creator under Windblows.
> > > --Erik
> > >
> > > God Bless,
> > > Erik
> > > <eheil@rcn.com>
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Janina Sajka, Director
> > Technology Research and Development
> > Governmental Relations Group
> > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> >
> > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> >
> > Chair, Accessibility SIG
> > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> > http://www.openebook.org
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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

Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO

[Gregory Nowak]

Can't he start from a winxp boot disk, get a command prompt, and then run rawrite?
Greg


On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 08:06:12PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote:
> Hi all. The problem in his case is that winblows xp won't give him explicit access to the floppy drive, saying that the floppy controler has failed. As a result, he can't access the drive from a cmd prompt. And he doesn't currently have a machine running w98 from which he could boot into real mode dos. He could possibly use winwrite. 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Erik Heil <eheil@rcn.com>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 7:01 PM
> Subject: Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> > Thanks for the suggestion. i'm currently running Windoes XP and can't
> > successfully create the boot disk using rawrite. But Thanks for the
> > suggestion. BTW, are their any plans to update the ISO with at least the
> > current kernels from kernerl.org?  Or are we going to just use Woody?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@afb.net>
> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi, Erik:
> > >
> > > You can boot from a special floppy. The images for creating the
> > > bootable floppy are on the first CD ROM in the /images directory.
> > > The tools you can use to create the bootable floppy are in a
> > > directory on the first CD ROM called /dosutils.
> > >
> > > The image you need to use is probably boot.img. To be sure, you
> > > might want to follow our guide on installation available at:
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html
> > >
> > > Good luck, and don't hesitate to ask for help.
> > >
> > > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Erik Heil wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi everyone.  I recently obtained and downloaded the ISO containing
> > Speakup pre-compiled into it.  However, I'm unable to boot from the CD.
> > Note that this machine's BIOS does support booting off the CD.  Do any of
> > you have any suggestions?  BC I'm anxious to get Linux on this box and
> > totally do away with the NTFS filesystem which presently occupies one of the
> > two HD's.  The second is just a standard FAT filesystem.  This is a 166MHZ
> > box with 64MB of RAM and one 1.6 and one 2.6GZ HD.  Thanks for any help that
> > anyone of you could provide.  This also has an internal DoubleTalk PC coard.
> > To write the ISO's, I used EZ CD Creator under Windblows.
> > > > --Erik
> > > >
> > > > God Bless,
> > > > Erik
> > > > <eheil@rcn.com>
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Janina Sajka, Director
> > > Technology Research and Development
> > > Governmental Relations Group
> > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > >
> > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> > >
> > > Chair, Accessibility SIG
> > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> > > http://www.openebook.org
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > 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
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  I think there is some confusion.  Are you trying to install Debian
or Redhat?  My responses ar talking about Debian but Janina' is talking
about Redhat.

The latest kernel officially supported by potato is 2.2.20.  I am
working on boot floppies for Woody, but there not ready yet.  Woody
still hasn't been released yet, so any iso images are unofficial.
You can upgrade from potato to woody with potato images during the
install.
There is a program to create floppies under Windows.  I believe it is
called winwrite.  If you want, I'll try to find it and send it to you.

         Kenny

On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 07:01:20PM -0400, Erik Heil wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks for the suggestion. i'm currently running Windoes XP and can't
> successfully create the boot disk using rawrite. But Thanks for the
> suggestion. BTW, are their any plans to update the ISO with at least the
> current kernels from kernerl.org?  Or are we going to just use Woody?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@afb.net>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:10 PM
> Subject: Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO
> 
> 
> > Hi, Erik:
> >
> > You can boot from a special floppy. The images for creating the
> > bootable floppy are on the first CD ROM in the /images directory.
> > The tools you can use to create the bootable floppy are in a
> > directory on the first CD ROM called /dosutils.
> >
> > The image you need to use is probably boot.img. To be sure, you
> > might want to follow our guide on installation available at:
> >
> >
> > http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html
> >
> > Good luck, and don't hesitate to ask for help.
> >
> > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Erik Heil wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone.  I recently obtained and downloaded the ISO containing
> Speakup pre-compiled into it.  However, I'm unable to boot from the CD.
> Note that this machine's BIOS does support booting off the CD.  Do any of
> you have any suggestions?  BC I'm anxious to get Linux on this box and
> totally do away with the NTFS filesystem which presently occupies one of the
> two HD's.  The second is just a standard FAT filesystem.  This is a 166MHZ
> box with 64MB of RAM and one 1.6 and one 2.6GZ HD.  Thanks for any help that
> anyone of you could provide.  This also has an internal DoubleTalk PC coard.
> To write the ISO's, I used EZ CD Creator under Windblows.
> > > --Erik
> > >
> > > God Bless,
> > > Erik
> > > <eheil@rcn.com>
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Janina Sajka, Director
> > Technology Research and Development
> > Governmental Relations Group
> > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> >
> > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> >
> > Chair, Accessibility SIG
> > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> > http://www.openebook.org
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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

Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO

[Erik Heil]

Hi, Kenny.
I'm attempting to install Debian, not Redhat.  I would really appreciate it
if you or anyone could send me Winrite.  Also, would it be possible for
someone to update the boot disks with the 2.2.20 kernel?  I'm sure a lot of
people would appreciate that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenny Hitt" <khitt7@comcast.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO


> Hi.  I think there is some confusion.  Are you trying to install Debian
> or Redhat?  My responses ar talking about Debian but Janina' is talking
> about Redhat.
>
> The latest kernel officially supported by potato is 2.2.20.  I am
> working on boot floppies for Woody, but there not ready yet.  Woody
> still hasn't been released yet, so any iso images are unofficial.
> You can upgrade from potato to woody with potato images during the
> install.
> There is a program to create floppies under Windows.  I believe it is
> called winwrite.  If you want, I'll try to find it and send it to you.
>
>          Kenny
>
> On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 07:01:20PM -0400, Erik Heil wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Thanks for the suggestion. i'm currently running Windoes XP and can't
> > successfully create the boot disk using rawrite. But Thanks for the
> > suggestion. BTW, are their any plans to update the ISO with at least the
> > current kernels from kernerl.org?  Or are we going to just use Woody?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@afb.net>
> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO
> >
> >
> > > Hi, Erik:
> > >
> > > You can boot from a special floppy. The images for creating the
> > > bootable floppy are on the first CD ROM in the /images directory.
> > > The tools you can use to create the bootable floppy are in a
> > > directory on the first CD ROM called /dosutils.
> > >
> > > The image you need to use is probably boot.img. To be sure, you
> > > might want to follow our guide on installation available at:
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html
> > >
> > > Good luck, and don't hesitate to ask for help.
> > >
> > > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Erik Heil wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi everyone.  I recently obtained and downloaded the ISO containing
> > Speakup pre-compiled into it.  However, I'm unable to boot from the CD.
> > Note that this machine's BIOS does support booting off the CD.  Do any
of
> > you have any suggestions?  BC I'm anxious to get Linux on this box and
> > totally do away with the NTFS filesystem which presently occupies one of
the
> > two HD's.  The second is just a standard FAT filesystem.  This is a
166MHZ
> > box with 64MB of RAM and one 1.6 and one 2.6GZ HD.  Thanks for any help
that
> > anyone of you could provide.  This also has an internal DoubleTalk PC
coard.
> > To write the ISO's, I used EZ CD Creator under Windblows.
> > > > --Erik
> > > >
> > > > God Bless,
> > > > Erik
> > > > <eheil@rcn.com>
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Janina Sajka, Director
> > > Technology Research and Development
> > > Governmental Relations Group
> > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > >
> > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> > >
> > > Chair, Accessibility SIG
> > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> > > http://www.openebook.org
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

Re: 2.2R6 Speakup ISO

[Janina Sajka]

Is this possibly a CMOS issue. Might the boot order by C: A:?

I'm asking because I don't see how Windows can block a bootable
floppy unless C: is accessed first.